| Scientific Name: | Linnaea borealis |
| Common Name: | twin flower |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | < 0.1m x < 0.1m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Ground cover, Rock garden, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Lustrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers paired, Pink, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate-obovate, most 1-2cm long x 7-9mm wide, petioles 1-2mm long, margin dentate towards apex; flowers in nodding pairs on Y-shaped stalks, corollas pink to purple, 1-1.5cm long, flaring to 5 white-fringed lobes. | |