Plant Encyclopedia
Linnaea borealis (twinflower)
Japanese name: リンネソウ
Scientific name: Linnaea borealis
[Overview]
An evergreen subshrub found in alpine zones and coniferous forest zones.
The stems are slender, creep along the ground while branching, and are hairy.
Leaves are simple and opposite, ovate-orbicular, 0.4–1.2 cm long, with a few blunt teeth on the upper half.
A flower stalk 5–7 cm tall forks in two, and pale pink bell-shaped flowers bloom singly at the tips of the flower stalks, facing downward.
The corolla is 5-lobed and hairy on the inside.
[Notes]
The name commemorates the botanist Carl von Linné.
Details
Names
English: twinflower
Japanese: リンネソウ、メオトバナ（夫婦花）、エゾアリドオシ（蝦夷蟻通）
Japanese: リンネソウ、メオトバナ（夫婦花）、エゾアリドオシ（蝦夷蟻通）
Life form
Subshrub
Evergreen / deciduous
Evergreen
Leaf type
Broadleaf
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
July, August
Distribution or origin
Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu: alpine zones from Nagano northward), Northern Hemisphere subarctic to cool-temperate zones
Growth form
Creeping
Height
50–70 mm
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed)
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf margin
Serrate
Flower color
Pink
Leaf color
Green
Availability of seeds and plants
Low
Form sold
Seedlings
Propagation
Division
Soil needs
Required
Tolerance
Cold tolerance
Suitable uses
Potted plant
Hardiness zone
2
Japan Flower Trade Code
20742
Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.