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Linnaea
Sign in to saveLinnaea borealis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family). It is the only species in the genus Linnaea. It is a boreal to subarctic woodland subshrub, commonly known as twinflower (sometimes written twin flower).
Species
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 137
- With media
- 56
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Collections
- OSW, CMN, MEL, NY, CAS, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Sweden, South Africa, France, Cuba, Cambodia, Brasil
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Linnaea borealis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family). It is the only species in the genus Linnaea. It is a boreal to subarctic woodland subshrub, commonly known as twinflower (sometimes written twin flower).
This plant was a favourite of Carl Linnaeus, founder of the modern system of binomial nomenclature, after whom the genus was named.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Linnaea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.