Impatiens capensis - Vivian's Journal Entry
The common jewelweed (Impatiens capensis), also known as spotted touch-me-nots, was a plant found along the Jock River. Through OneZoom, the common jewelweed is identified as part of the Eukaryote domain, Plantae kingdom, the order Ericales, the Balsam family (Balsaminaceae), Touch-me-not genus (Impatiens), and the capensis species. Some of their known ancestors are green plants (Chloroplastida), land plants (embryophyta), vascular plants (Tracheophyta), seed plants (Spermatophyta), flowering plants (Magnoliopsida), and eudicots (Eudicotyledons).
An adaptation that all observations have in common are the green leaves being under the flower. The leaves are green due to pigments (chlorophyll a and b) that aid in photosynthesis: the metabolic process plants use to create their own glucose source. The leaves are under the flower so the glucose created can go up the phloem (cells that transport plant food) to nourish and bloom the flowers.
One unique adaptation of the common jewelweed is this species, at maturity, creates seed pods that explode when touched. This process aids the spotted touch-me-not in distributing its seeds.
Team, O. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.onezoom.org/life/@Impatiens_capensis=488923?img=best_any&anim=flight#x580,y703,w0.9332
Hayashi, M., Feilich, K. L., & Ellerby, D. J. (2009). The mechanics of explosive seed dispersal in orange jewelweed (Impatiens capensis). Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682495/
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