Truly this weed is indeed a jewel, and it’s amazing!
I had truly never seen anything like this. Along some woods on the shore of Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin, there was a large area completely full of some huge Jewelweed plants!
JEWELWEED
The Jewelweed plant is a well known for its uses in fighting skin irritations like Poison Ivy. It can get up to five feet tall, like the fields that I found, but I have never personally seen anything like it. Most of the wild Jewelweed that I had come across previously was much shorter.
If you look at the in focus seed pod on the left half of the photo above, you can see the seed pod. Jewelweed is a species within the genus Impatiens, like the "Impatients" that are commonly sold at garden centers. Like other plants in this genus, the seed pod helps disperse the seeds in a most peculiar way. Ultimately, they explode and the seeds are sent flying in every direction.
Here, in the palm of my hand, are some exploded seed pods with the seeds. The green coils are what is left of the exterior of the seed pod when it explodes. The "football shaped" objects are the seeds.
A VIDEO FROM THE FIELD
WHY I LOVE THIS PLANT
The stem and leaves of this plant can be squeezed to expel a "juice," and this liquid has long been used to help with skin irritations and rashes. The plant can soothe itches and has been known to counteract the effects of Poison Ivy, which is something that is a huge bonus for me.
I have yet to grow some of my own, but hopefully will be able to next year. Jewelweed is an annual, so it will need to "be planted" each year. However, with the effective reproduction by seed and the amazing way that the seed pods launch the seeds like tiny projectiles, I think once I get some growing, they'll take care of the rest.
More recently, I've even hung out with some steemians foraging for Jewelweed in the wild! While over at @mericanhomestead last month, @themyrrhmaid and a few others found some down the road. To check out more about that, check out the post here.
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Dear sir as usual your information is fully loaded with outstanding knowledge.
Thank you @papa-pepper
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Thank you very much.
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I remember seeing that plant in the fields. I think there are So many more plants out their we need to identify as beneficial and medicinal to us. thanks for posting
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Thanks for sharing natural cure for Itches and skin irritations
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Hay sir you had really take good picture and at same time giving us many information about Jewelweed plant in your style .... And you also want to grow it but for that wait for next year....
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at my age my favorite plants are kratom and arnica
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Great helpful and good information :)
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Just one of the thousands of plants we are all blessed with!
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Amen to that!
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Love it! I'm into herbal medicine and it turns out all sorts of 'weeds' have healing properties. Here in Hawaii, one of the most annoying weeds "Honohono" grass is antiseptic and edible (not that it tastes very good). Honohono means "to crawl all over" and it does! Exploding jewel weed sounds much more manageable!
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We called it "touch me not" as a kid, grew all along the creek... along with the poison ivy and nettles I needed it for. But the seed pods, SO fun!!
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Seed pods are so much fun!
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I love herbal weeds
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Great post! An interest of mine are wild plants and their uses. More on different ones please? Love learnin' things such as this from the experienced ones.........
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Very useful plant as a medic
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my name is jewel.i very like this post
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Awesome timing - I was just chatting with a friend about wanting to work with herbs and herbal remedies, since hubby bought an amazing gun-cabinet-turned-witchy-altar from another friend for me. (it's begging to be filled with natural goodies again, especially since hubby already has a gun rack - LOL!). I'm off to check out the other posts in this series, and I'll be keeping an eye open for more in the future. Bright blessings!
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There are plenty of natural remedies out there, I'm sure you can fill it in no time.
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you have made good observations.Thanks for sharing.
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Used to take the whole weed, boil it down, fill some jars and keep in frig. Used mostly for poison ivy as you mentioned. Can attest, it works very well. Thank you for bringing useful and inexpensive wonders to all of us. We probably could live without CVS if we had to!
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you are amazing !!! yeahh this plant in spanish name is "CALENDULA"
is so good for the woman time like menstrual period ....
and also for make vinaigrettes...
have a lot uses...
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I have come across this plant before here in Nigeria, but I had no idea about the name, I am glad I know more about if from @papa-pepper. Thanks for sharing.
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L'impatience du Cap , en plus d'être jolie est vraiment intéressante. Merci !
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Jewelweed is awesome for most any skin irritation and is best used fresh. If you want to have some for the winter, i have found boiling the plant then blending it and straining the liquid into small mason jars then freezing it for long term storage works best. I have heard of people making ointments but have not tried that yet.
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I don't believe I have seen these plants before. Perhaps it was too cold in Canada and too hot in Nicaragua. Come to think of it I haven't seen poison ivt here either. Perhaps I am not looking hard enough. lol I like the way this plant propagates its self. Now if only a few of my other plants could do the same, it would save me a lot of work.
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Thanks for the post!! Very helpful and informative. Resteeming for my blog.
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very nice and informativ post great (Y)
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Very nice post! I love jewelweed! I remember playing with it and making those seed pods explode as a kid. :)
Thanks for sharing!
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I had at one time been very interested in beneficial plants like this one. I need to start looking into them again.
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I'm really enjoying this series on beneficial plants @papa-pepper. I make several plant tinctures every year and give them to family members. I have also made some ointments from mullein and plantain. Good stuff here--I've never seen jewelweed--I don't think it grows where I live but I wonder if it would help psoriasis?
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I wonder, while I don't think it'll hurt it, I am not sure....
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Wow thanks for sharing the information ! That's a great plant to have around that's so useful for a" weed "! 👍👍👍
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Thank you for the information-based post, I have benefited a great deal from your information. Would you hope to get more such a post later?
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