Balsaminaceae Impatiens pallida Nutt.

Pale Touchmenot

Iroquois - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 379

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Scientific name: Impatiens pallida Nutt.
USDA symbol: IMPA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pale Touchmenot
Family: Balsaminaceae
Family (APG): Balsaminaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Smashed stalks and juice rubbed on poison ivy blisters and mosquito bites.

RECRD: 87756 id: 17790

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