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Jewelweed Mystery Cache

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Desafio: Time to retire this one.

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Hidden : 3/22/2023
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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One of my favourite weeds!  Great to rub on your skin if you come in contact with poison ivy!

Jewelweed is an herbaceous plant that grows 0.9–1.5 m (3–5 ft) tall and blooms from late spring to early fall. The flowers are orange (sometimes blood orange or rarely yellow) with a three-lobed corolla; one of the calyx lobes is colored similarly to the corolla and forms a hooked conical spur at the back of the flower. Plants may also produce non-showy cleistogamous flowers, which do not require cross-pollination.[4]

It often branches extensively. The round stems are glabrous (smooth) and succulent,[5] and semi-translucent, with swollen or darkened nodes on some plants. The leaves, which measure up to 13 cm (5 in) long and 6 cm (2.5 in) across, are alternate on the upper stems and opposite on the lower stems (when present). The leaves are ovate to elliptic, simple, and have shallow, rounded teeth on the margins.[6] The seed pods have five valves which coil back rapidly to eject the seeds in a process called explosive dehiscence[7] or ballistochory. This reaction is where the name 'touch-me-not' comes from; in mature seed pods, dehiscence can easily be triggered with a light touch.

Cache is not at the posted coordinates.  In order to find the cache, solve this fun jigsaw puzzle.

Jewelweed Jigsaw puzzle
 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)