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Flowers: June -
August
Twinflower is a low,
creeping evergreen shrub, which forms mats of groundcover. The
slender creeping stems are woody. The roundish leaves are opposite.
The hanging pinkish-white bell-type flowers come in pairs and have
a lovely smell. The plants produces small , single seeded hairy
round 'fruits'.
This is a plant of
coniferous woods, heaths and mossy tundra. The affix borealis
indicates that it is a plant of the boreal forests. It is rare in
Britain and is usually only found in the pine woods of East
Scotland.
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