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wfo-0000358023
Linnaea borealis L.

  • Sp. Pl. : 631 (1753) 

  • This name is reported by Caprifoliaceae as an accepted name in the genus Linnaea (family Caprifoliaceae).

    The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2022-04-18) which reports it as an accepted name

Linnaea borealis L.
  • Sp. Pl. : 631 (1753) 
  • Linnea


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Linnaea borealis L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000358023. Accessed on: 10 Dec 2023'

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General Information

Subshrubs, creeping, evergreen, 5-10 cm tall. Stem long, slender, sparsely shortly pubescent. Petiole 3-4 mm; leaf blade orbicular to obovate, abaxially glabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent, margin with 1-3 pairs of rounded teeth. Flowers fragrant, nodding; main peduncles 60-70 mm; inflorescence bracts linear, shortly pubescent; inflorescence peduncles less than 10 mm. Sepals shortly pubescent, narrowly acute, deciduous in fruit. Corolla white to pink, to 10 mm; tube glabrous outside, pubescent inside. Stigmas capitate. Achenes nodding, yellow, orbicular. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 32.

  • Provided by: [D].Flora of China @ efloras.org
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    Stems trailing and creeping, emitting numerous short, suberect, leafy branches to 10 cm, these with a slender terminal peduncle to 10 cm; lvs firm, short-petioled, broadly oval to obovate, 1–2 cm; fls nodding; cor pink to white, 10–15 mm, shallowly 5-lobed, flaring from near the top of the cal, hairy inside; 2n=32. Moist or dry woods and cold bogs; circumpolar, s. in Amer. to N.J., W.Va., n. Ind., Minn., and Calif. June–Aug. Our plants are var. longiflora Torr. (L. americana)

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    Morphology

    5–15 cm hoch, meist gabelig–2blütig, oben drüsig, mit weit kriechender, holziger, beblätterter Grundachse. Blätter wintergrün, gegenständig, rundlich, 0,5–1,5 cm lang, mit undeutlichen Zähnen, oberseits dunkel-, unterseits blaugrün. Krone

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    Ecology

    7–8. Moosige Nadelwälder, (montan-)subalpin. GR, VS, vereinzelt BO und UR.

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    Flora of China @ efloras.orgGeneral Information

    Subshrubs, creeping, evergreen, 5-10 cm tall. Stem long, slender, sparsely shortly pubescent. Petiole 3-4 mm; leaf blade orbicular to obovate, abaxially glabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent, margin with 1-3 pairs of rounded teeth. Flowers fragrant, nodding; main peduncles 60-70 mm; inflorescence bracts linear, shortly pubescent; inflorescence peduncles less than 10 mm. Sepals shortly pubescent, narrowly acute, deciduous in fruit. Corolla white to pink, to 10 mm; tube glabrous outside, pubescent inside. Stigmas capitate. Achenes nodding, yellow, orbicular. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 32.

    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der SchweizMorphology

    5–15 cm hoch, meist gabelig–2blütig, oben drüsig, mit weit kriechender, holziger, beblätterter Grundachse. Blätter wintergrün, gegenständig, rundlich, 0,5–1,5 cm lang, mit undeutlichen Zähnen, oberseits dunkel-, unterseits blaugrün. Krone

    Ecology

    7–8. Moosige Nadelwälder, (montan-)subalpin. GR, VS, vereinzelt BO und UR.

    Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and CanadaGeneral Information

    Stems trailing and creeping, emitting numerous short, suberect, leafy branches to 10 cm, these with a slender terminal peduncle to 10 cm; lvs firm, short-petioled, broadly oval to obovate, 1–2 cm; fls nodding; cor pink to white, 10–15 mm, shallowly 5-lobed, flaring from near the top of the cal, hairy inside; 2n=32. Moist or dry woods and cold bogs; circumpolar, s. in Amer. to N.J., W.Va., n. Ind., Minn., and Calif. June–Aug. Our plants are var. longiflora Torr. (L. americana)

    Included Subspecies

    Synonyms

    Other Local Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    LinneaItalianCH
    ZaininRaeto-RomanceCH
    Linnée boréaleFrenchCH
    MoosglöckchenGermanCH

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    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz
    http://www.flora-helvetica.ch
    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz, Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner, Andreas Gygax. Haupt Verlag 2018.
    • B All Rights Reserved
    Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and Canada
    https://www.nybg.org/
    Descriptions of plants should be attributed to the full citation for each individual article, chapter or book that is the source for each record, which should include the authors of original publication.
    • C Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
    Flora of China @ efloras.org
    'Flora of China @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • D Missouri Botanical Garden
    Vahliaceae
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/Vahliaceae
    World Flora Online Data. 2021.
    • E CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).