Impatiens pallida
Nutt. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Impatiens pallida's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility17 490 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Impatiens pallida (pale jewelweed, pale touch-me-not or yellow jewelweed) is a flowering plant native to Canada and the United States. It grows in moist to wet soils, generally alongside the closely related Impatiens capensis, producing flowers from midsummer through fall.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology2
Life cycle & reproduction26
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment24
Physiology & chemistry21
Uses & economy13
Other traits4
Compounds documented for Impatiens pallida across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile4 classes
Documented compounds7 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1E,3Z,6R,7R)-6-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-6,7-dimethyl-10-methylidenecyclodeca-1,3-diene-1-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (3R,4aR,5S,6R,8aR)-5-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-3-hydroxy-5,6,8a-trimethyl-3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydronaphthalene-1-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| [(3S,8S,9Z)-3-hydroxypentadeca-1,9,14-trien-4,6-diyn-8-yl] acetate | present | NPASS | |
| Herbacetin 3,8,4'-trimethyl ether | present | NPASS | |
| Kaempferol | present | LOTUS | |
| KGRNBCOVONOWLX-KGQOKOFWSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| LWYWRKRUJWVMSP-XIKDVIBVSA-N | present | NPASS |
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 pallida has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Impatiens pallida carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 204×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
n 102×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type17 490 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions83 of 123 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 275 |
| Philadelphia, US | 184 |
| Madison, US | 142 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 132 |
| Bloomington, US | 98 |
| St. Paul, US | 77 |
| Chicago, US | 75 |
| Burlington, US | 53 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 53 |
| Allentown, US | 40 |
| Saint Louis, US | 40 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 33 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 25 |
| Québec, CA | 23 |
| Cincinnati, US | 23 |
| Millersville, US | 20 |
| Bangkok, TH | 20 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 19 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 18 |
| Morgantown, US | 16 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 14 |
| Dekalb, US | 13 |
| Bronx, US | 12 |
| Green Bay, US | 11 |
| Montréal, CA | 11 |
| Williamsburg, US | 10 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 10 |
| College Park, US | 10 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Norfolk, US | 7 |
| Davenport, US | 7 |
| Chicago, US | 7 |
| Saint John, CA | 7 |
| Flagstaff, US | 7 |
| Fayetteville, US | 6 |
| Hudson, US | 6 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 6 |
| Richmond, US | 5 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 5 |
| Harrisonburg, US | 5 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 5 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 4 |
| US | 4 |
| Denver, US | 4 |
| Jefferson City, US | 4 |
| Fort Worth, US | 4 |
| Johnson City, US | 4 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 3 |
| Springfield, US | 3 |
| Jackson, US | 3 |
| Northridge, US | 3 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Knoxville, US | 3 |
| Riverside, US | 3 |
| Moscow, US | 3 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Philadelphia, US | 3 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 3 |
| Staten Island, US | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 3 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 3 |
| GB | 2 |
| Emporia, US | 2 |
| Henderson State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| Mississippi State, US | 2 |
| Chadron, US | 2 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| Dover, US | 2 |
| Hamilton, US | 2 |
| Pittsburg, US | 2 |
| Pullman, US | 2 |
| Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 2 |
| Austin, US | 2 |
| Kirksville, US | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| Macomb, US | 2 |
| Provo, US | 2 |
| Toronto, CA | 2 |
| Logan, US | 2 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| North Carolina Zoological Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| Little Rock, US | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| UMKClocation not on record | 1 |
| Edmonton, CA | 1 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 1 |
| Fairfax, US | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Spearfish, US | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| GAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Washington, US | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 1 |
| Decorah, US | 1 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Clarksville, US | 1 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| McGill Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| LINUlocation not on record | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 1 |
Where the DNA of Impatiens pallida 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.