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Subshrub [to small tree].
Leaf: opposite, simple [ compound]; stipules generally 0.
Flower: calyx tube fused to ovary, limb generally 5-lobed; corolla radial [or bilateral], rotate to cylindric, generally 5-lobed; stamens generally 4 inserted at 2 levels, epipetalous, alternate corolla lobes; ovary inferior, 1–5-chambered, style 1.
Fruit: achene or capsule, 1-seeded.
4 genera, 35 species: especially n temperate. [Donoghue et al. 2001 Harvard Pap Bot 6:459–479] Incl in Caprifoliaceae in TJM (1993), and possibly in future. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged references: [Backlund & Pyck 1998 Taxon 47:657–661; Donoghue et al. 2001 Harvard Pap Bot 6:459–479]
Unabridged note: Incl in Caprifoliaceae in TJM (1993), and possibly in future according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/welcome.html), which states, in part, "The whole lot might usefully be combined in a Caprifoliaceae s.l. (see also APG 2003), since similarities between the families are considerable and differences are mostly slight."

Plant creeping, evergreen.
Inflorescence: flowers generally 2 at forked tip of slender erect peduncle, nodding.
Flower: calyx lobes slender, tapered; corolla bell- to funnel-shaped above slender tube; stamens 4, 2 shorter and inserted near corolla tube base; ovary chambers 3, 2 with aborting ovules, 1 with 1 developing ovule.
Fruit: capsule, 3-valved.
1 sp., ± 3 vars.: circumboreal. (Named for Linnaeus, often depicted with a sample of this, one of his favorite plants)

Stem: 15–20 cm, slender.
Leaf: petiole ± 2 mm; blade 12–18 mm, ovate, serrate above middle.
Inflorescence: peduncle ± 6 cm; inner bracts 2, < outer, straight-hairy; outer bracts 2, ± 1 mm, ± round, surrounding ovary, densely glandular-hairy.
Flower: corolla 10–13 mm, hairy adaxially, white to pink.
Moist shady places in conifer forest; 200–2600 m. Northwestern California, Cascade Range, n High Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau;

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.