Linnaea borealis, SE: Linnea, giktgräs, DE: Moosglöckchen,
NL: Linnaeusklokje, UK: Twinflower

Scientific name:		Linnaea borealis L.
Swedish name:		Linnea, giktgräs
German name:		Moosglöckchen
Nederlandse naam:		Linnaeusklokje
English name:		Twinflower
Family:		Caprifoliaceae / Linnaeaceae, Linneaväxter, Honeysuckle family

Date Picture Taken: September 30, 2009

Life form:		Subshrub
Stems:		Trailing evergreen shrub, creeping over forest floor, forming loose mats with long woody, slightly hairy runner stems from which short leafy stems grow to 10 cm.
Leaves:		Opposite, evergreen, rounded oval leaves 3-10 mm long and 2-7 mm broad
Flowers:		Pale pink, pendulous, 7-12 mm long, five-lobed corolla, arranged in pairs at the end of y-shaped stalk.
Flowering Period:		June, July
Fruits:		Single seeded fruit with two partially enclosing bracts with viscid hairs adapted for animal dispersal
Habitat:		Woods

Date Picture Taken: July 17, 2008 Derivation of the botanical name: Linnaea, dedicated to Linneaus (1707)-1778), who laid the foundations for the modern nomenclature, who first pointed out this genus characters. borealis, "northern" (word seldom used in Roman times). The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. Date Picture Taken: July 17, 2009 Date Picture Taken: September 30, 2009 Date Picture Taken: September 30, 2009