The Toronto area has two members of the Impatiens or Touch-me-not (Jewelweed) family.

Spotted:

and Pale:

In Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide (1977), these are the only two members of the Impatiens family which are described.

Since that time, an Impatiens with a much larger flower had started to appear in the wild. Likely it originated as a planted ornamental.

The plant is called Himalayan Balsam or Asian Touch-me-not (Jewelweed) and has become so common that it is considered an invasive and is often removed from natural sites. I found many examples during a recent Don Valley area walk:

Other botany:

MAILBOX

Information which looks interesting of this female ornithologist

Florence Merriam Bailey – Wikipedia

NATURE POETRY

Bright, bright, restless bright, through the sunburnt meads,  
Wavers the butterfly;  
Ever across its path a pilot invisible leads  
A sylphid fleet of the thistle’s light and feathery seeds,  
And August passeth by.                                                 – Edith Matilda Thomas (1854–1925)

Miles Hearn