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Impatiens textorii
Also called Textor’s Touch Me Not
Field Touch Me Not is a succulent annual herb from East Asia, growing 40 to 80 cm tall with reddish-purple flowers that have a spiral nectar spur. It is grown mainly for its unusual flowers and is best raised from seed in a moist, partly shaded spot.
Impatiens textorii is a species of flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae. It is native to East Asia, including China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Mongolia and eastern Siberia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand. It was first described in 1865 by Dutch botanist Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel as Impatiens textori, i.e. with one 'i'.
The species is entomophilous, relying heavily on insect pollinators. The unique curvature of its spiral nectar spur is evolutionary tailored to accommodate the long proboscis of local bumblebees. To prevent self-pollination, the flowers exhibit protandry, a reproductive strategy where the male stamens mature, shed pollen, and drop away before the female pistil becomes receptive to cross-pollination.
Stemless Balsam · Impatiens arguta · Paleyellow touch-me-not · Impatiens auricoma · Balfour's touch-me-not · Spotted snapweed · Impatiens bicolor · Impatiens bokorensis · Jewelweed · Heart Leaf Balsam · Tree Dwelling Balsam · Impatiens denisonii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Impatiens textorii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
