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What

Common Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

Observer

kueda

Date

July 11, 2010 08:44 AM EDT

Description

I need to get a decent pic of this. Unfortunately, it almost always grows with poison oak. Supposedly, you can crush the stems and rub them on places where you think you've touched poison oak to prevent getting it. I always used to do this as a kid. Not sure it ever worked.

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Ken-ichi Ueda