Don't Touch This DEADLY Plant

This plant is so invasive that it's illegal to plant it in the UK.

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#Floralogic

[moonmist]

There´s two types of people in the world: those who think plants are boring and those who know better.

[ProjectPhysX]

Even in Germany, these plants are everywhere. As children we played a lot with the explosive seeds. They are even edible.

[KhanindraDutta]

We grew up playing with these plants. Here in North East India, we consider this plant as a weed. These plants are available in abundance all around my area.

[elram]

My grandma had this plant in her garden and it was awesome to experience the bursting pods in person as a kid! 👌

[thealeks]

These used to be on the front lawn of an abandoned house on the way to my elementary school. So, me and my unsuspecting sister ran into what looked like grass and totally got exploded on. I was fascinated and my sister was terrified as she has pollen allergies

[alaskawashington]

I really want to see a video explaining the physics behind the exploding seed pods!! I’m so curious about the transfer of kinetic energy and how the plant has developed that system!

[abysscallstoabyss]

We have yellow and orange here. We always called them Touch-me-not or Jewel Weed. Never really seen it as a pest, though. Excellent for bees and butterflies. It has medicinal benefits, too. We have always crushed the stalks and leaves to rub on poison ivy to soothe and eliminate the rash or hive.

[Forever_Rayne]

Mom grew a variety of balsams and as a kid, I loved touching the seeds and watch them burst. She only has one variety now and it scatters its seed everywhere, growing in other flower pots and choking those plants. I'm the one who usually pull them out, because Mom likes the flowers.

[thisisachannel.]

I have flowers similar to this, but the seed explosions are a lot less aggressive. They come in white, pink, and purple in my yard, but they grow really fast and quick like the flowers in the video. But I love them, I once dropped a few seeds in my rocks, and they grew like wildfire! They didn't come back, but I'm excited to replant them again this year!

[deaconfetundes]

I remember having fun playing with the explosive seed a long time ago when I was a kid, I love how it explodes in touch and played these things like were in a war. Time sure flies

[lauriepenner]

The winters here in Canada take care of most invasives. But I found that in Australia, saying "That's a pretty flower" will usually get the response "Oh, those are invasive. We hate them."

[Alopex]

"Don't pop the seed pods to stop the plant spreading" -> proceed to pop 40+ pods for this video :-P I think the makers had too much fun popping them to resist :D

[MilnaAlen]

Interesting! I remember a plant recognition app recognized a plant in a forest near me as Himalayan Balsam. It had the same leaves, no flowers or seed pods at that time though. Didn't know it was an exploder like that.

[marthabamang]

I'm from northeast India, State Arunachal Pradesh, here in our locality we name it parrot flower . They grow in river side and small stream 😊 it's very commonly seen everywhere . So we count it as wild plants .

[krat]

I remember a smaller, broader leafed version of this with little yellow flowers ( I think) in the Netherlands. Those were fun aswell. I was told about the balsam but never conciously encountered it.

[artastic_friend]

Damn I remember seeing plants like these in some parks in Poland, they were always so fun to explode the seed pods 😅
I was a part of the problem 😔

[alexlex]

In Indonesia, we also have flower seeds that explode when exposed to water, the name is kencana ungu flower the Latin name Reulilia Turosa.

[idraote]

when I hear about a species used to wipe out another species I always fear the worst: once the other species is wiped out the first species goes amock and kills everything else.

[ehjkmfs]

I once played with these in grandma's garden. I loved popping the seeds without knowing it is invasive. I got so addicted to popping it that I often didn't have the patience to wait and ruined many pods by squashing them. In a few years it was exterminated because I didn't let the seeds mature enough and often crushed them before they could do so. A few also popped up in front of aunt's apartment. Needless to say, it was also exterminated in 2 years by the kids popping its seeds before they mature.

[endeeray]

Theres also a type of clover that has tiny upright okra shaped seed pods about 1/2 an inch tall, when ripe and touched they fire off the tiny seeds like a mini machine gun. Its normally a weed in gardens and empty lots, sandy ish areas and usually overlooked by most people. They sure are fun!!