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Apocynaceae
Vinca

not marked as a favorite taxon *Vinca minor Linnaeus. Common name: Common Periwinkle, Myrtle. Phenology: Apr-Jun; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Disturbed areas, around old house sites and especially old cemeteries, persistent and spreading from cultivation. Distribution: Native of Europe.

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Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl5, FNA14, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV. Basionym: Vinca minor L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Vinca minor - FNA14

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Heliophily ⓘ: 2

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image #1 of Vinca minor© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Vinca minor© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Vinca minor© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Vinca minor© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Vinca minor© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Vinca minor© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Vinca minor© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Vinca minor© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Vinca minor© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Trailing, colonial perennial found in disturbed areas, especially around old house sites and cemeteries. Native of Europe.

Stems: Stems trailing over ground or scrambling over other plants, branched, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, elliptic (broadest near middle), 1-2 in. long, glossy, evergreen, with a white mid-vein.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks from leaf axils, blue or violet, about 1 in. wide, tubular with 5 spreading, square-tipped, pinwheel-like corolla lobes with white markings at the base.

Fruits:

Comments: Persistent and spreading from cultivation. The similar, also non-native V. major has leaves that are broadest near the base and semi-evergreen to deciduous, and larger flowers.

Height: 4-8 in.

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description: Trailing, colonial perennial found in disturbed areas, especially around old house sites and cemeteries. Native of Europe.

stems: Stems trailing over ground or scrambling over other plants, branched, smooth.

leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, elliptic (broadest near middle), 1-2 in. long, glossy, evergreen, with a white mid-vein.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks from leaf axils, blue or violet, about 1 in. wide, tubular with 5 spreading, square-tipped, pinwheel-like corolla lobes with white markings at the base.

fruits:

comments: Persistent and spreading from cultivation. The similar, also non-native V. major has leaves that are broadest near the base and semi-evergreen to deciduous, and larger flowers.

cultural notes:

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native range: southern Europe



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