Thread: Pink river side flower for ID please :-)
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Old 23-09-2009, 02:35 PM
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Re: Pink river side flower for ID please :-)
Hi Tracey

I would definitely say it was Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens balsamifera). It grows like wild-fire on our river banks here up north.

...but like Treecreeper says - the seeds are fun to pop

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