Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Rose balsam (Impatiens balsamina) in bloom, Oman, August

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Rose balsam (Impatiens balsamina) in bloom, Oman, August

Sandesh Kadur / Small honey bee (Apis florea) feeding from Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) flower, Manas National Park, Kokrajhar, Assam, India

Sandesh Kadur / Indian balsam (Impatiens balsamina) Western Ghats, Southern India

Laurie Campbell / Himalayan / Indian balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) flower, Northumberland, England, August

Nick Upton / Himalayan / Indian Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) plants with flowers and seed pods growing in damp hillside pastureland. Box, Wiltshire, UK, August.

Ian Lockwood / Balsam (Impatiens sp) Western ghats, southern India

Ross Hoddinott / Himalayan / Indian balsam {Impatiens balsamifera} plant in flower. Invasive species and difficult to control / manage due to the ways its seed heads explode to spread the plant. Parke (NT) Bovey Tracy...

Nature Production / Indian Balsam {Impatiens balsamina} seeds bursting from seed pod and blowing in the wind, Japan

Stephen Dalton / Indian / Touch-me-not balsam (Impatiens balsamina) flowers, UK