Impatiens ecornuta

Gerry Moore, Zika & Rushworth · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Balsaminaceae/Impatiens

At a glance

Occurrence records142

Data sources7

Biological traits7

DNA specimens7

eDNA detections3

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Impatiens ecornuta's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility142 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF142 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD7 specimens

01Narrative

Impatiens ecornuta, the spurless touch-me-not or western touch-me-not, is an annual flowering plant native to the northwestern United States and British Columbia in Canada.Impatiens ecornuta. USDA PLANTS. The name of the species was changed in 2012 as Impatiens ecalcarata was found to be nomen illegitimum.Moore, G., P. F. Zika, and C. A. Rushworth. (2012). Impatiens ecornuta, a new name for Impatiens ecalcarata (Balsaminaceae), a jewelweed from the United States and Canada. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 22(1) 60-1. Spurless Jewelweed in Montana, USA

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formannual

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Habitat & environment4

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding7 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Impatiens ecornuta has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens7

Marker genes3

eDNA detections3

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type142 records

Wild obs. + sensor59

Museum / vouchered83

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO392 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 41≤1 km 1≤10 km 1>10 km 3

46 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor59

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy58% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 9≤10 km 8

19 georeferenced · 64 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence83

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 11 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
WTUlocation not on record	44
Pullman, US	12
Vancouver, CA	10
Corvallis, US	3
Moscow, US	3
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record	2
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	2
Riverside, US	2
Saint Louis, US	1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	1
Kew, GB	1

11 institutions · 81 of 83 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Impatiens ecornuta was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

base of eroded 3m high sand bank below overg…on sunny damp ground near pond shore, with E…edge of swampy area, dyke shore

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median14.5 °C 14.1–14.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.4 °C

Max temp (day)18.6 °C 16.7–20.4

Min temp (night)11.7 °C 11.1–12.3

Precipitation135 mm/mo 77.1–193

Air humidity64.8 % 62.9–66.7

Moisture balance57.3 mm/mo -1.00–116

Vapour deficit582 Pa 535–628

Wind speed1.70 m/s 1.50–2.00

Cloud cover41.1 % 39.4–42.9

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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