The Impatiens Parviflora

Small Balsam (Impatiens parviflora) is a herbaceous, up to 1 meter tall plant in the Balsam family.


The 1 cm small pale yellow hermaphrodites (hermaphrodite) flowers have a short (0.5 cm) track and bloom from June to October.


The plant grows in damp and shady places in forests, parks and roadside verges.


Phytoliriomyza melampyga mines in miniature Balsam. The plant is host plant for caterpillars of (Deilephila elpenor) and Balsam Carpet (Xanthorhoe biriviata).


The plant originates from Central Asia and is now in large parts of Europe to Siberia and North America. In England it occurs in the middle and south of the country.


Young shoots can be cooked (note: the leaves contain calcium oxalate probably). The seeds can be eaten raw or cooked. Collecting seed is difficult, because the diffusion mechanism of the plant aimed at projecting from mature seeds.




Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_springzaad


See also: Sending Flowers, Online Florist