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Touch-me-not Balsam

Impatiens noli-tangere

84Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
12Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun2
Jul13
Aug27
Sep36
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England43
2West Dunbartonshire Scotland6
3Worcestershire England3
4Argyll and Bute Scotland3
5Gwynedd Wales3
6Surrey England2
7Powys Wales2
8Fife Scotland2
9North Yorkshire England1
10Northamptonshire England1
11Telford and Wrekin England1
12Blackburn with Darwen England1
65 England10 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
84
Peak month
September
Counties with records
12
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Impatiens noli-tangere
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
235
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Balsaminaceae
Genus
Impatiens
Name with authority
Impatiens noli-tangere L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158748 · GBIF 2891779