Impatiens capensis Meerb., 1775 45% complete

Jewelweed

Afb. Zeldz. Gew.: 8 (1775)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Impatiens capensis, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded17 Not on the record12 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Meerb. No source recorded
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Bibliography Afb. Zeldz. Gew.: 8 (1775) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1775 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Jewelweed No source recorded
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Observations Subarctic America to N., C. & E. U.S.A. No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 71 cm
  • 71 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 65 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 48, 50, 92, 174, 178, 221, 335, 592, 925
Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 180 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 178, 925
Sourced
Flower color orange Sourced
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
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Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture medium No source recorded
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Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
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Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth form Single Crown No source recorded
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Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 48, 50, 92, 174, 178, 221, 335, 592, 925 below the average height (71 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months feb, jul Sourced
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 188 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 48, 71, 92, 110, 178, 759, 925
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.4 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 6.4 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record