twinflower

twinflower

See also: twin flower

English

Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)

Alternative forms

• twin flower

Etymology

twin +‎ flower

Noun

twinflower (plural twinflowers)

1. Linnaea borealis, a woodland subshrub with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves and pendulous pink flowers that occur in pairs.
   • 2020, Keith Kirby, Woodland Flowers, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 39,

     The Twinflower Linnaea borealis is a common plant in the northern Scandinavian forests that Linnaeus encountered on a trip he made through Lapland in 1732.

2. Dyschoriste oblongifolia, a dicotyledonous flowering plant of the family Acanthaceae, native to coastal plains regions of the United States.

   Synonym: oblongleaf snakeherb

Usage notes

• L. borealis is the sole recognised species in genus Linnaea. (Thus the term twinflower may also be considered to refer to the genus.)
  • A 2013 molecular phylogenetic study expanded Linnea to include species from several other genera. However, this has been rejected by the majority of subsequent scientific literature. (See Linnaea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

Further reading

• Linnaea borealis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Linnea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Linnaea borealis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Linnaea borealis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dyschoriste oblongifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dyschoriste oblongifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dyschoriste oblongifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons