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Linnaea borealis
(Twinflower) Montane, subalpine. Woodlands.
Summer. These delicate beauties grow in moist, shaded woods in bright evergreen patches. They spread by runners, one of which can be seen in the bottom center of the picture, just to the right of, and paralleling the stick. Flower stems are typically two-to-four inches tall, leafless, and quite slender. The genus was named by Gronovius for Carl Linnaeus and was published by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum in 1753. "Borealis" is Greek for "northern" and refers to the northern hemisphere distribution of this plant which is, in fact, circumboreal. Click for more biographical information about Linnaeus.
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Linnaea borealis
(Twinflower) Montane, subalpine. Woodlands.
Summer. There is a quiet, airy charm about these flowers. |
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Linnaea borealis
(Twinflower) Montane, subalpine. Woodlands.
Summer. |
