linnea borealis

[piranha]

twinflower, native to BC (*wave*), and very common here on the island; it lives pretty much wherever there is forest. it is actually a tiny evergreen shrub; probably the tiniest shrub i've ever seen. like, miniature. you could use it for your model railroad. it's called "twinflower" because each stem divides in two near the top, and has two little bells on the extensions.

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[piranha]

*heh*. yeah, there's usually no scale in my pictures of plants. the corollas of twin flower are 9-11 mm long.

(*gah* -- your image! glad that's behind you. that does actually show scale, because there's a pill capsule.)