A small balsam appealed to us, standing erect on a cross of wood planks.

For example, an old boreal forest may contain some large aspen trees, which may die and be replaced by smaller balsam fir or black spruce.

Small Balsam (I. parviflora), originally native to southern Central Asia, is even more extensively naturalized in Europe.

Richard picked at the branch of a small balsam fir as they walked past, stripping the needles between his thumb and the crook of his first finger.

Rather less colourful summer flowers in the beech woods are the Small Balsam, Common Figwort, Wood Avens, Wall Lettuce, Baneberry and Enchanter's-nightshade.

Impatiens parviflora (Small Balsam or Small-flowered Touch-me-not) is a species of annual herbaceous plants in the family Balsaminaceae, native to some areas of Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere and found in damp shady places.

An obvious feature of the riverside flora are three species of balsams: Small Balsam Impatiens parviflora DC, Jewel-weed I. capensis Meerburgh, and Policeman's Helmet I. glandulifera Royle.

The seed pods are pendant and have projectile seeds that explode out of the pods when they are lightly touched, if ripe, which is where the name 'touch-me-not' comes from.

In 1942, a team of Saxon botanists working for the Central Office of Vegetative Mapping embarked on "a war of extermination" against Impatiens parviflora, a small woodland flower regarded as an alien.

An obvious feature of the riverside flora are three species of balsams: Small Balsam Impatiens parviflora DC, Jewel-weed I. capensis Meerburgh, and Policeman's Helmet I. glandulifera Royle.