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| 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 |
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.
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