Vinca major L.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Pine Tree Inn, Juliasdale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Pine Tree Inn, Juliasdale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Pine Tree Inn, Juliasdale
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Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Bigleaf periwinkle (English)
Blue periwinkle (English)
Greater periwinkle (English)
Large periwinkle (English)
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Description:
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Evergreen, prostrate, creeping perennial herb, often forming large ground covering patches. Stems up to 5 m long, rooting at the nodes. Leaves opposite, very broadly elliptic-ovate, 3-9 cm long; narrower lanceolate and shorter near the ends of the branches, glossy dark green and leathery; margin entire but ciliate with a fringe of hairs; petiole 1-2 cm long. Flowers solitary, axillary. corolla 5-lobed, mauve-blue to purple, 3-5 cm in diameter. |
Notes:
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Similar to Vinca minor. That species is generally smaller in all aspects including flowers and is completely hairless. Leaves of V. major are broader with a fringe of hairs around the margin. |
Derivation of specific name:
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major: the larger. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Native to the western Mediterranean.
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Spot characters:
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Image last updated: |
Monday 14 January 2019 |
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