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Balsaminaceae

Smallflower touchmenot

Impatiens parviflora DC.

Family
Balsaminaceae
Genus
Impatiens

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Smallflower touchmenot (Impatiens parviflora)
FlowerPhoto: Holly Hodges, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (25)
Belarusian
Бальзамін дробнакветны
Catalan
Balsamine à petites fleurs, Impatiente à Petites Fleurs
Chinese
小花凤仙花, 小花鳳仙花
Czech
Netýkavka malokvětá
Danish
Småblomstret Balsamin
Dutch
Klein springzaad
English
Smallflower touchmenot, Small balsam, Small yellow balsam, Small-flowered touch-me-not
Estonian
Väikeseõiene lemmalts, Väikeseõieline lemmalts
Finnish
Rikkapalsami
French
Balsamine à petites fleurs, Impatiente à Petites Fleurs, Balsamine a petites fleurs
German
Kleines Springkraut, Kleinblütiges Springkraut, Sibirisches Springkraut, Balsamine à petites fleurs, Impatiente à Petites Fleurs
hsb
Mały pryskawc, Mały cyrkawc
Hungarian
Kisvirágú nebáncsvirág
Lithuanian
Smulkiažiedė sprigė, Balsamine à petites fleurs, Impatiente à Petites Fleurs
Norwegian Bokmål
Mongolspringfrø
Norwegian Nynorsk
Mongolspringfrø
Persian
گل گلریز
Polish
Niecierpek drobnokwiatowy
Russian
Недотрога мелкоцветковая, Недотрога мелкоцветная, Недотрога Невского
Slovak
Netýkavka malokvetá
Slovenian
Drobnocvetna nedotika
Swedish
Blekbalsamin, Balsamine à petites fleurs, Impatiente à Petites Fleurs
Ukrainian
Розрив-трава дрібноквіткова
Uzbek
Choʻpxina
Welsh
Ffromlys bach

Synonyms

  • Balsamina parviflora (DC.) Ser.
  • Impatiens nevskii Pobed.
  • Impatiens parviflora f. albiflora Priszter
  • Impatiens parviflora subsp. nevskii (Pobed.) Tzvelev

Flowers

In flower
May to September (from 3,118 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.