Linnaea borealis, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 45

1. L. borealis L. , Sp. Pl. 631 (1753).

Stems slender, trailing. Leaves 5-16 x 4-10 mm, broadly ovate to orbicular, subobtuse, crenate-dentate in the upper half, tapered below into a petiole 2-3 mm. Peduncles 4-5-8 cm, glandular-pubescent; bracts 2, 1 - 5-2 mm, lanceolate, membranous. Pedicels 10-20 mm, glandular-pubescent; bracteoles 2, c. 1 mm, lanceolate, membranous. Corolla 5-9 mm, pinkish-white, often marked with pinkishpurple, hairy inside. Fruit c. 3 mm, densely glandular-pubescent. 2л = 32. Woods, heaths and mossy tundra. N. Europe, extending locally southwards, mainly in the mountains, to the Alps, E. Carpathians and S. Ural. Au Br Cz Da Fe Ga Ge He Ho It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Su.