Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Impatiens L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Impatiens (Rivinius) L.

Common names:

Balsam (1818-1930) (2, 10, 13, 15, 86)

Celandine (1828) (7)

Jewelweed [Jewel-weed] (1828-1932) (1, 2, 7, 13, 15, 106)

Quick-in-the-hand [Quick in the hand, Quickinthehand] (1828) (7)

Slippers (1828) (7)

Snapweed [Snap weed, Snap-weed] (1942-1949) (109, 155)

Touch-me-not (1818-Present, for ability of ripe seed pods to explode when touched) (1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 13, 50, 106, 156, 158)

Weathercocks (1828) (7)