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  • From: "Dylan Ford" <dford@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Jewelweed and Nettle
  • Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:02:38 -0400


From: "Jim Fruth" sent
Subject: [NAFEX] Jewelweed
> http://altnature.com/jewelweed.htm

Folks,

One of the traditional names for Jewelweed is Touch-me-not, although it
seems this appelation might be better applied to Nettles.

The name presumably derives from its seed pods, which when ripe explode upon
the slightest touch, as though a great tension is being released, flinging
the seeds away.

Their relative, the commonly available impatiens flower demonstrates this
same strategy for broadcasting its seeds.

dylan

Dylan Ford is the author of the proposal at www.ideaforpresident.com , a
website devoted to an idea that could provide an avenue to address pollution
issues, food safety, social justice, prison reform and healthcare.





  • [NAFEX] Jewelweed, Jim Fruth, 04/28/2007
    • [NAFEX] Jewelweed and Nettle, Dylan Ford, 04/28/2007

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