Himalayan Balsam!

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My Actifit Blog #747 | 22 September 2020 |


On my short walk today, I saw a plant on the wayside with blossoms that reminded me of an orchid flower. I didn't know this plant with its delicate white-pink colored blossoms yet and saw it here in my area for the first time.

But after a short research I could find the name of this plant very quickly. It is the Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), which is not very welcome in some places, because it overgrows and displaces many other plants.

The seed containers release their seeds explosively at the slightest touch and catapult them up to 7 m into the environment. I touched some of them and in the first moment I was really surprised how fast the seeds flew out.

Everything and much more interesting details can be read here!




Auf meinem kurzen Spaziergang sah ich heute am Wegesrand einen Strauch mit Blüten, die entfernt an eine Orchideenblüte erinnern. Ich kannte diese Pflanze mit ihren zarten weiß-rosa farbenen Blüten noch nicht und sehe sie hier auch in meiner Gegend zum ersten Mal.

Nach kurzer Recherche konnte ich aber sehr schnell den Namen dieser Pflanze finden. Es ist das indische Springkraut (Impatiens glandulifera), das mancherorts nicht gern gesehen ist, da es viele andere Pflanzen überwuchert und verdrängt.

Springkraut heißt diese Pflanze deshalb, da die Samenbehältnisse ihre Samen bei geringster Berührung explosionsartig freigeben und bis zu 7 m weit in die Umgebung schleudern. Ich berührte einige und war wirklich sehr überrascht wie schnell die Samen herausflogen!

Alles und noch viel mehr interessante Details gibt es hier nachzulesen!




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Du hast ein Upvote von mir bekommen, diese soll die Deutsche Community unterstützen. Wenn du mich unterstützten möchtest, dann sende mir eine Delegation. Egal wie klein die Unterstützung ist, Du hilfst damit der Community. DANKE!

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Oh wow, that's what I would call a terrorist plant having an unfair advantage over other plants. I would definitely uproot it as much as possible as it would take over large areas of land. That right there is a pest, a threat to the natural ecosystem. Thank you for sharing and enjoy an awesome Wednesday ahead :}

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Yes you are right! Today while running alongside a railway track I even saw much much more of these plants!

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