Summary ⁷

Vinca minor (lesser periwinkle) is a plant native to central and southern Europe, from Portugal and France north to the Netherlands and the Baltic States, and east to the Caucasus, and also in southwestern Asia in Turkey.

Description ⁸

Herbs perennial. Flowering stems to 20 cm. Leaf blade oblong, ovate, or elliptic, 1-4.5 X 0.5-2.5 cm, base rounded or cuneate, margin not ciliate. Pedicel 1-1.5 cm. Sepals narrowly elliptic, 3-5 mm. Corolla lilac-blue, tube 0.9-1.1 cm, limb 2.5-3 cm in diam., lobes obliquely truncate. Filaments longer than anthers; anthers puberulent at apex. Follicles erect. Fl. May. 2n = 46.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) David Good, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/13931434@N00/3539740126
2. (c) Bas Kers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3564/3355830445_7dac23df35.jpg
3. (c) Bas Kers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3537/3356650944_afa8becf62.jpg
4. (c) Albert H., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Vinca_minor_20060511123821wp.jpg
5. (c) Wikimedia Commons, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Vinca_minor_beentree.jpg
6. (c) Pyd32, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Kleine_maagdenpalm.jpg
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca_minor
8. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/4982484

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora Digital de Portugal
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
• 植物和名−学名インデックス YList

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