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    Linnaea borealis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family). It is the only species in the genus Linnaea. It...
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    found great quantities of Campanula serpyllifolia, later known as Linnaea borealis, the twinflower that would become his favourite. He sometimes dismounted...
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    Caledonian Forest and its restoration. Populations of the rare groundcover, Linnaea borealis, may be too isolated from one another to produce viable seed. Diversity...
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    and Berry-Like Fruit, and the lesser known children's book Linnaea's World. Linnaea borealis, also known a Twinflower, is the flower chosen by the first...
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    female. Secondarily, people have named their children after the twinflower Linnaea, which was itself named to honor Linnaeus. Linnaeus' family name in turn...
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    Småland. He gave the twinflower its Latin name based on his own (Latin: Linnaea borealis), because of his particular fondness of it. The flower has become Småland's...
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    getting into the plant world. The Twin Flower (or the specific epithet, Linnaea Borealis meaning "northern") is part of the honeysuckle family. The plant was...
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  • Crest On a wreath of the colours behind a mount in which vegetates the linnaea-borealis the sun rising in splendour all Proper. Escutcheon Per fesse the chief...
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  • Lily[citation needed] Yukon Fireweed[citation needed]  Sweden Småland Linnaea borealis[citation needed] The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, sw. Carl von Linné...
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    students. Print from Temple of Flora (1799-1807) by Robert John Thornton. Linnaea borealis was a personal emblem for Linnaeus; he is often depicted holding a...
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