Linnaea

Linnaea
Linnaea borealis subsp. borealis in flower, at Altevatn, Bardu, in Troms, Norway
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Dipsacales
Family:	Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily:	Linnaeoideae
Genus:	Linnaea Gronov. ex L. (1753)
Species:	L. borealis
Binomial name
Linnaea borealis L. (1753)
Varieties[1]
Linnaea borealis var. americana (J.Forbes) Rehder Linnaea borealis var. borealis Linnaea borealis var. longiflora Torr.
Synonyms[1]
List Linnaea albiloba Brenner Linnaea americana J.Forbes Linnaea amoenula Wittr. Linnaea amoenula var. pallida Brenner Linnaea amoenula var. rubra Brenner Linnaea australis Hoffmanns. Linnaea borealis subsp. americana (J.Forbes) Hultén Linnaea borealis subsp. longiflora (Torr.) Piper & Beattie Linnaea borealis var. pallida Sern. Linnaea borealis subf. pallida Brenner Linnaea borealis var. pallida Sern. Linnaea borealis subf. rubra Brenner Linnaea borealis var. sulphurescens Jungner Linnaea borealis var. sulphurescens Jungner Linnaea foveolata Brenner Linnaea jugosa Brenner Linnaea longiflora Howell Linnaea parvisignata Brenner Linnaea pyrrosema Brenner Linnaea roseoalba Brenner Linnaea rotundata Brenner Linnaea serpyllifolia Rupr. Linnaea serpyllifolia Rydb. Linnaea subconfluens Brenner Linnaea subjugosa Brenner Linnaea subsulcata Brenner Linnaea subviolascens Brenner Linnaea sulcata Brenner Linnaea tenuiflora Brenner Linnaea tenuisignata Brenner Linnaea tenuisulcata Brenner Linnaea vicina Wittr. Obolaria borealis (L.) Kuntze

Linnaea borealis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family). It is the only species in the genus Linnaea.^[1] 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.