Yellow Balsam
Taken at Balloch on 23rd July 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5in macro mode.
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Yellow Balsam.
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AKA: 		Impatiens noli - tangere.
Ericales.
Balsaminaceae.
Annual Herb.
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Feature:
  Parks, yards, roadsides, waste ground.
June/July - September.
20 - 50 cms.
The yellow flowers are followed by pods which forcefully explode when ripe, ejecting the seeds for some distance. It's Latin name noli - tangere translates as ' Do not Touch ' meaning this plant is poisonous