Impatiens nolitangere
 
Western Jewelweed

Stamens

4 km North-West of Craven,
on West Side of Last Mountain Lake
18-Aug-2014

Nolitangere: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 

flowers gradually tapering to spur; NOT [flowers sharply contracted to spur]

spur recurved but not abruptly so; NOT [spur bent back parallel with the sac]

flowers pale yellow; NOT [flowers usually bright orange or reddish yellow]

flowers not spotted

 

Balsaminaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 

herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]

plants not with colored milky juice

plants with more than one normal leaf

some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]

leaves without stipules, or having glands; NOT [leaves with stipules]

flowers with two floral rings, and with each petal distinct from the others

calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]

sepals 3

one sepal petal-like and spurred

stamens 10 or fewer; NOT [stamens usually more than 10]

ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior]

carpels 3-5; NOT [carpels 1 or 2]

fruit an explosive capsule