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--Apple-Mail-256--729870976 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Zinck, 1998, in Roland's Flora of N.S., for distribution of Impatiens glandulifera, says scattered from Brier Island, Digby Co., to Halifax and Pictou Counties. Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> > Date: August 19, 2013 6:35:34 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] jewelweed: pink? efficacy for skin problems? > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ --Apple-Mail-256--729870976 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Zinck, 1998, in Roland's Flora of N.S., for distribution of Impatiens = glandulifera, says scattered from Brier Island, Digby Co., to Halifax = and Pictou Counties. Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Fred Schueler <<a = href=3D"mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca">bckcdb@istar.ca</a>></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">August 19, 2013 6:35:34 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] jewelweed: pink? = efficacy for skin problems?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">On 8/19/2013 4:25 PM, Dave&Jane Schlosberg = wrote:</div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I was = surprised to read jewelweed described as having pink flowers, = in</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Steve Shaw's post.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>The jewelweed that I know = is also called spotted</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">touch-me-not (impatiens = capensis).<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>It has = orange flowers and is in</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">bloom = now.</div> </blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">* the pink kind is Impatiens = glandulifera, which c