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Beautiful Impatiens in our garden

It is a genus of more than 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics. Impatiens make up the family Balsaminaceae. Common names in North America include impatiens, jewelweed, touch-me-not, snapweed and patience. Most Impatiens species are annual or perennial herbs with succulent stems. Only a few woody species exist. Plant size varies dependent of the species from five centimetres to 2.5 meters. North American impatiens have been used as herbal remedies for the treatment of bee stings, insect bites, and stinging nettle rashes. 21438

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Uploaded on March 27, 2022
Taken on May 19, 2019