Pale Touch Me Not

Impatiens pallida Nutt.

Touch-me-not family

Plant Type

Forb/herb

Life Cycle

Annual

Flower Color

Yellow

Bloom Time

Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Water

Water Use Medium

Soil

CaCO3 Tolerance High

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Hummingbirds

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
CAN: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.