DIVERSITY OF LIFE TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA
Impatiens pallidaNutt.
Mitchell NYNYFA TCUSDA NY
accepted accepted accepted
Pale Touch-Me-Not, Pale Touch-me-not, Jewel Weed

Balsaminaceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: Shaded rough banks and rills, and in moist woods, in rich damp gravelly or shaly calcareous soils; common. July-Aug.Frequent in most of the ravines of the basin ; "especially abundant in the vicinity of Woodwardia Swamp [!] and Mud Cr. [!], where a form having flowers of a pale pink with pink spots is found" (D.). A white-flowered form occurs frequently about Ithaca. N. Me. and w. N. E. to Sask., southw. to Ga. and Kans. ; rare on the Coastal Plain and in granitic N. E.


BH SPECIMENS FOR Impatiens pallida (this list may be incomplete)
 Ithaca, trailside on S. Rim Fall Creek Gorge between suspension bridge and Stewart Ave., north exposed slope in canopy gap with Corylus cornuta and Acer negundo saplings., Herbaceous. Stems juicy, almost translucent. Light green. Nodes swollen. Stem turning bright red near rhizome. Flowers pale yellow with orange-tan speckling. Plants mostly fruiting with numerous explosively dehiscent capsules., 24 Sept 2022, Goldman 1 (BH 302688);
 Edward's Cliffs Natural Area. Red Trail., Near creek side. Slope above creek, in shade., Ca. 0.6 m tall, flowers yellow with orange spots., 20 Jul 2023, Tara Atluri Internship 419 (BH 341179);   VEmap  GOOmap
 Ithaca, 27 Sep 1911, Bailey (BH 13242);
 Ithaca, Bailey yard, came up in [collector's] yard from woods earth, 6 feet, 28 Aug 1922, Bailey (BH 13243);
 Ithaca, 31 May 1916, Bailey (BH 13241);
 Ithaca, Pale Touch-me-not, 1 Oct 1882, DeForest (BH 13236);
 Ithaca, Negundo Woods, 23 Aug 1875, Dudley (BH 13238);
 Ithaca, 4 Sep 1875, Dudley (BH 13237);
 Ithaca, Six Mile Creek, 8 Jul 1878, Dudley (BH 13235);
 Ithaca, flats between the city and Cayuga lake west of the Inlet, moist soil around thickets, 3 Aug 1915, Eames & MacDaniels 4526 (BH 13244);
 Ulysses, Glenwood Ravine, damp thickets, flowers cream, 4 Aug 1915, Eames & MacDaniels 4527 (BH 13233);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, behind Warren Hall, shaded moist ridge, growing in large stand under trees, Herb ca 1 meter tall, 18 Sep 1983, Miller 73 (BH 13239);
 Ithaca, Renwick Flats, 28 Aug 1920, Muenscher & Bechtel 622 (BH 13245);
 Ithaca, Fall Creek Ravine, path north of Sibley, wet shady woods, 17 Jul 1913, Palmer 782 (BH 13234);
 Ithaca, Fall Creek Ravine, path north of Sibley, wet shady woods, 17 Jul 1913, Palmer 782 (BH 13232);
 Lansing, Ludlowville, by railroad, 1/2 mile north of station, 30 Jul 1890, Rowlee (BH 13231);
 Ithaca, 4 Sep 1875, Rowlee (BH 13240);
 Ithaca, Buttermilk Falls State Park, gorge trail, not far from Pinnacle Rock, on damp ledges; large population, in flower, 9 Aug 2019, Tal 9164 (BH 299567);

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