Any experience with this Texas wildflower?

A friend sent me a photo to ID and the PI forum IDd it as Jewel weed ~ Impatiens capensis. It was found growing wild in the east Texas woods.

It is a beautiful flower with pretty blue green foliage. It attracts butterflies and hummers as pollinators.

It also apparently attracts herbalists that state the plant can be used for various skin ailments. Does any Texas gardener have any experience with growing or using this Jewel of a weed in medicinal form. Any information you could share would be appreciated... TIA ~ pod

This message was edited Oct 12, 2007 9:33 PM

I have never seen it, but here is a link to the wildflower center.
Josephine.

No personal experience, but here are some websites with interesting information.

http://www.missouriplants.com/Redalt/Impatiens_capensis_page.html
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/or_jewelweed.htm
http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Impatiens+capensis

Ms Josephine ~ would you try the link again or let me know is that the Ladybird wildflower center?
Bettydee ~ thanks for those links, I will check them out.

Sorry I guess I got distracted, here it is.
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=IMCA
Josephine.

That is an excellent link ~ most informative in answering some of my questions ~ thank you. pod

I wish I did have it. So lovely...and it's good to use on poison ivy if I get careless sometime.