#Himalayan Balsam

[hellsitegenetics]

not a request, i just wanted to send some anon love. what a great and wholesome blog, thank you so much for creating this 🫶🏽 i hope you have a wonderful day and weekend

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Closest match: Impatiens glandulifera genome assembly, chromosome: 8 Common name: Himalayan balsam

[bruisedmooons]

Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)

[lunelfy]

Himalayan Balsam ;

Impatiens glandulifera, Himalayan balsam, is a large annual plant native to the Himalayas. Via human introduction it is now present across much of the Northern Hemisphere.

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Balsaminaceae

Photographs taken on August 28, 2022, at High Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[the-puffinry]

seeing bumblebees disappear into these flowers was very cute.

Unfortunately i realised afterwards that this is probably Himalayan balsam, an invasive plant I'm required to remove. :/

[carbombrenee]

Purple wildflowers 1) Himalayan Balsam (invasive) 2) Wild Bergamot (native) 3) Wild teasel (invasive)

[rowanphotographyagain]

Himalayan balsam blooming on the banks of the White Cart

[vqpn]

Lost in the sauce. Drüsiges Springkraut/Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)

[hepdenerose]

Transformers (Foster Lane and Nutclough)

After depositing unwanted books at the large charity shop on a windy, changeable mid-August Tuesday, we continued aimlessly up Valley Road. From the bridge over Hebden Water, we noted tall walls, old building ends and Nutclough Mill fire station, dated 1916. We ventured into Calrec carpark for a closer look and spotted the back of a tall, thin house, seemingly marooned. Previously unnoticed…

[mothmiso]

Gestreeld door zonlicht. Caressed by sunlight. (2) (3) (4) (5)by Elisa Gourdriaan

Via Flickr:

(1) Lichtgevend Charolais-rund. Tussen Baarn en Hollandsche Rading. Luminous Charolais cattle. Between Baarn and Hollandsche Rading (2) Koudenhoorn. (3) Meer en Bos, The Hague, 26 September 2017. (4) De Hertenkamp (Meijendel, Wassenaar). (5) The Hague, Solleveld, 24 December 2018.     

[wherekizzialives]

The Small Things Spreading Joy in October 2023

How have we got to end of October already? If anyone could tell me where the year has gone and how I might slow the remaining months down a little, I’d love to hear from you! More seriously, as autumn beds in and the days grow darker I hope that my little pictures can be one of the sparks of light in each day. There are thirty pictures below, – including many roses, a few views, some foraged…

[proteesiukkonen]

I was reminded of this meme template, and I am very into symbolism so here we are.

[misanthropicgardener]

Man. Not to sound like an ass, but the average person really does not know anything about plants huh

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Balsaminaceae

Photograph taken on August 28, 2022, at High Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[dracolizardlars]

The most upsetting part of being in plant ID subreddits is occasionally seeing people post pictures of Japanese knotweed on their property and internally screaming NOOOOOOOOOO

[steeleyespan]

actually very nice riverside PLEASE just ignore the layer of pollution and scum on the surface of the river. ALSO not interesting to anyone but me but saw the biggest Comfrey ive ever seeen wtf

^ beast