General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Plant Height: 2 to 4 inches
Plant Spread: 8 to 12 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Pink and white
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Cold stratify for @ 60 days if planting in the spring.
Other info: Air dry seeds for fall planting.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Twinflower
  • American Twinflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Linnaea borealis
  • Synonym: Linnaea borealis subsp. borealis
  • Synonym: Linnaea borealis var. longiflora
  • Synonym: Linnaea borealis subsp. longiflora

Photo Gallery
Location: Canada
Date: 2014-07-11
Linnaea Borealis
Location: Maine woods
Date: 4000-06-27
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Maine woods
Date: 4000-06-29
Location: Maine woods
Date: 4000-06-27
Location: Whatshan Lake Retreat, B.C.
Date: 2018-07-02
- Thrusting bravely up from the forest floor.
Location: Caribou Maine
Date: October 2018
Location: Caribou Maine
Date: June 2018
Location: Squak Mountain State Park, Issaquah, Washington
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Squak Mountain State Park, Issaquah, Washington
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Caribou Maine
Date: June 2018
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-09
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-09
Location: Maine woods
Date: 4000-06-27
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02

Date: 2012-06-25
Credit NPS Jacob W. Frank
Location: Montane elevation in forest clearing; Banff N.P..
Date: 2012-12-09
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Maine woods
Date: 4000-06-27
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Comments:
  • Posted by Johannian (The Black Hills, SD - Zone 4b) on Jan 11, 2022 8:45 PM concerning plant:
    Range: throughout the western mountains, south to Northern California, northern Arizona, and New Mexico; east to western South Dakota. Additional info: named for Carolus Linnaeus, the father of systematic botany, this charming plant makes a good ground cover in the woodland garden.

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