Linnaea borealis

Twinflower

Peck Lake
03-July-2002

Linnaea Characteristics

leaves simple, at most deeply lobed

flowers in pairs on long peduncles

 

Caprifoliaceae Characteristics

plants green or with some chlorophyll

leaves opposite

leaves without stipules

flowers with two floral rings, but with the petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell

calyx not modified as a pappus or other special structure

flowers not in heads or spikes