We have named our Gin Still Lizzy after Dr. Daniel Solander’s only love Elisabeth Christina von Linné. Elisabeth was the daughter of Solander’s first mentor and whose hand he was promised in marriage.

It’s a sad love story for both Elisabeth and Daniel Solander as it is reported that she wanted to marry Solander, but when he didn’t return to Sweden after his expedition, she instead married Carl Fredrik Bergencrantz and Solander became a confirmed bachelor for life. After having two children with Bergencratz, Elisabeth moved back to her parent’s home due to spousal abuse and died at the age of 39.

A scientist in her own right, Elisabeth is considered one of the first female botanists in Sweden despite never receiving a formal education. She is best known for observing and publishing her findings on the “flashing” Tropaeolum majus, or Indian Cress, flowers in Uppsala, Sweden. This optic phenomenon, which causes the flowers to appear as if they are sending out small bursts of electricity, has now been named after her- the Elizabeth Linnaeus Phenomenon.