1733 Linnaea borealis L.

This boreal-montane species (the only species of the genus) belongs to the circumpolar plants (Hultén, Circumpol. Il, p. 156 and map 147). Subsp. borealis occurs from W. Europe through N. Eurasia to Alaska where it meets subsp. americana (Forbes) Hult. occurring in most of northern N. America and on Greenland. Subsp. longiflora (Torr.) Hult. Is restricted to Pacific N. America.