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:
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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