Balsamine of wood
The Balsamine of wood ( Impatiens noli-tangere ), still called impatience -me-touch-not is an annual herbaceous plant (20-80 cm) of the family of the Balsaminaceae.
This species owes its name with the strong reactivity of its fruit to the touch. The ripe capsule explodes when one wants to seize it and can project seeds with several meters!
Description
Characteristics
- reproductive bodies:
- Standard of inflorescence: racème simple
- distribution of the sexes: Standard hermaphrodite
- of pollination: entomogame, autogame
- Period of flowering: July at August
- seed:
- Standard of fruit: capsule
- Mode of dissemination: autochore
- Habitat and distribution:
- standard Habitat: annual pionnières of the clearings and edges médioeuropéennes, psychrophilous, hémisciaphiles. One usually finds it in the wood or the shaded places from 100 to 1400 meters.
- Surface of distribution: eurasiatique
External bonds
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