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Grand Floral Parade
Wildflowers Along the Appalachian Trail
Jewelweed (Touch-Me-Not)

Excerpted from
The Appalachian Trail:
A Visitor's Companion
by Leonard M. Adkins

Latin name: Impatiens capensis
Flower: The almost one-inch, hanging orange flowers are spurred and spotted with small, reddish brown dots. The lowest of the three sepals curls to the back and makes a sac with a spur.
Average bloom season: June to September
Leaves and stems: The plant grows two to five feet tall. Its leaves are two to five inches long, toothed, and somewhat elliptical in shape.
Range in AT states: Georgia to Maine
Most likely AT locations: Along Thunder Ridge and near Cow Camp Shelter in central Virginia; upon Mount Greylock in Massachusetts; along moist stream areas in Vermont and New Hampshire.

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