Balsaminaceae, the Touch-me-not Family
Smooth herbs, with alternate simple leaves and showy flowers; one petal-like sepal prolonged into a spur; fruit explosive when ripe (5-10 dm. high; summer).
| 1a. Flowers pale-yellow, with a few red-brown spots | Touch-me-not, Impatiens pallida. |
| 1b. Flowers orange, thickly spotted with red-brown | Touch-me-not, Impatiens biflora. |