Species PlantsPale Jewelweed

Pale Jewelweed

Impatiens pallida

CommonPlant
Illustration of Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida)

Pale Jewelweed is a native annual wildflower closely related to spotted jewelweed, producing pale yellow flowers in moist, shaded stream corridors and forest edges. It grows at slightly higher elevations and more northern latitudes than its orange-flowered relative. Bumblebees and ruby-throated hummingbirds visit the flowers for nectar.

Habitat
Moist shaded forest edges and stream banks in eastern and central North America
Diet
Nectar for ruby-throated hummingbirds and bumblebees
How common
Common

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