Twinflower is a delicate, creeping evergreen of boreal forests, named in honor of Carl Linnaeus, who considered it his favorite plant. It produces Y-shaped flower stalks, each bearing a pair of fragrant, nodding, pale-pink bell-shaped flowers. Found across the boreal zone from Alaska across Canada and south in the mountains, it carpets mossy forest floors. Linnaeus had twinflower depicted in his botanical portrait and chose it as his personal symbol.
Best time to see a Twinflower
The best time to see a Twinflower is June–July, when about 68% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 13,969 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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