Caprifoliaceae
Twinflower
Linnaea borealis
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Linnaea
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Common names
By language (37)
- Arabic
- لينيا شمالية, لينيا جنوبية, لينيا طويلة الأزهار
- arz
- لينيا شماليه
- Belarusian
- Лінея
- Chinese
- 北极花, 北極花, 北极林奈草, 林奈木, 林奈花
- Czech
- Zimozel severní, Zimozel
- Danish
- Almindelig Linnæa, Linnea, Linnæa, Nordisk Linnæa
- Dutch
- Linnaeusklokje
- English
- Twinflower
- Estonian
- Harilik harakkuljus, Linneae borealis
- Finnish
- Vanamo
- French
- Linnée boréale, Linnee boreale, Linnée
- German
- Moosglöckchen, Erdglöckchen
- Hebrew
- ליניאה בוריאליס
- hsb
- Prawy mochowy zwónčk
- Interlingua
- Linnea borealis
- Japanese
- リンネソウ, リンネソウ属
- Kazakh
- Терістік линнея
- Korean
- 린네풀
- lah
- لنیا
- Latvian
- Ziemeļu linneja
- Lithuanian
- Šiaurinė linėja
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Linnea, Blomsten linnea, Linnaea, Linnea borealis
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Linnea, Linnaéa boreális, Linnea borealis
- Persian
- لینه
- Polish
- Zimoziół północny, Zimoziół
- Portuguese
- Linnaea
- Russian
- Линнея северная
- se
- Vándádivga, Biellodaŋas
- Slovak
- Linnéovka severná
- Slovenian
- Severna linejevka
- Spanish
- Linnaea
- Swedish
- Linnea
- Tatar
- Төньяк Линней үләне
- Ukrainian
- Ліннея
- Vietnamese
- Hoa kép
- Welsh
- Blodyn deuben
- Western Frisian
- Linnaeusklokje
Synonyms
- Linnaea albiloba Brenner
- Linnaea americana f. candicans House
- Linnaea amoenula Wittr.
- Linnaea australis Hoffmanns.
- Linnaea borealis f. arctica Wittr.
- Linnaea borealis subsp. borealis
- Linnaea borealis var. borealis
- Linnaea foveolata Brenner
- Linnaea jugosa Brenner
- Linnaea longiflora Howell
- Linnaea parvisignata Brenner
- Linnaea pseudoproterantha Pamp.
- Linnaea pyrrosema Brenner
- Linnaea roseoalba Brenner
- Linnaea rotundata Brenner
- 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.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 3,565 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chris Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Statskog SF, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brian Gratwicke from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Schwartz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.