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Index of Subjects Will check tomorrow. Usually, (in past years anyway) there are MANY of these plants (Policeman's Helmet') growing wild all up and down the length of the greenbelt that boarders on to the backyards here on Glenwood Avenue. Gayle MacLean Dartmouth ---- duartess@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > Truly, I have not checked this year but, within the greenbelt that our back yard backs onto, there has always been quite a few of the VERY tall, (as tall as me, almost & I'm 5ft. 6) pink 'Policeman's Helmet', growing every summer. It was positively identified by Heather Drope, several years ago. And yes, they usually grow profusely, along side the brook. I think that pink blossom is very pretty, despite the fact it is very invasive (& that's what Heather said too!) There is also many of the smaller, yellowish 'jewelweed' plants, back there too. > > Gayle MacLean > Glenwood Ave., Dartmouth > ---- Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > This is a garden plant in our neighborhood. Do you know where there are any > > "wild" stands in the metro area? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fred Schueler > > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 6:35 PM > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] jewelweed: pink? efficacy for skin problems? > > > > On 8/19/2013 4:25 PM, Dave&Jane Schlosberg wrote: > > > I was surprised to read jewelweed described as having pink flowers, in > > > Steve Shaw's post. The jewelweed that I know is also called spotted > > > touch-me-not (impatiens capensis). It has orange flowers and is in > > > bloom now. > > > > * the pink kind is Impatiens glandulifera, which can be called Pink > > Jewelweed (a local Ontario coinage), Himalayan Balsam (the standard > > name), and Policeman's Helmet (recently noted on a facebook notice of a > > control effort). The species is regarded as invasive, and it forms 2m > > tall stands in places in southern Ontario, and is, I understand, very > > invasive in Britain. It's widespread in Nova Scotia, often as stunted > > 30cm tall plants a ways back from the shore. > > > > I have no experience with the use of Impatiens to deal with Poison-ivy. > > > > fred. > > ======================================================== > > > > > I've known for many years that it is said to cure the itch of poison > > > ivy, if the cut stems are rubbed over the area of the skin that was in > > > contact with the poison ivy, soon after contact. However, recent > > > reading claims that the stems can be infused (boiling water) and the > > > liquid frozen into ice cubes, with medicinal properties retained for a > > > year and effective even after the rash has formed. Also, the article I > > > accessed claimed that the garden variety of impatiens is also > > > effective. Furthermore, the claim was made that it could help > > > neutralize the toxins in insect bites! > > > Do any of you have personal experience with this? > > > Jane > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > > Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm > > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm > > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > >
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