Vinca minor L.

APOCYNACEAE

- Dogbane family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Vinca minor L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 209 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Common periwinkle

English name: common periwinkle

English name: lesser periwinkle

Spanish name: vincapervinca

French name: petite pervenche

Italian name: Pervinca minore

German name: kleines Immergrün

Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Vinca
Species:

Page counter: 1218 ( AVG: 221.41 / 290.147 )

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Vinca minor
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Vinca minor
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Vinca minor
Credit: Photo by Angelo Mazzoni

Vinca minor
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, 'Horti Tergestini', Azienda Agricola 'L'Erbario della Gorra', Casalborgone (TO), TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Serle, altopiano di Cariadeghe, ai piedi del Monte San Bartolomeo. , BS, Lombardia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Vinca minor
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, Monte Valerio, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Vinca minor
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Brentonico, ai margini dell'abitato, TN, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Vinca minor
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Vinca minor
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani

Vinca minor
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Vinca minor
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani

Vinca minor
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Serle, altopiano di Cariadeghe., BS, Lombardia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Vinca minor
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis

Vinca minor
Credit: Photo by Angelo Mazzoni

Vinca minor
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Monfalcone, palude di Sablici. , GO, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Vinca minor
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Vinca minor
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Distributional map for Vinca minor L.
Map for Vinca minor L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Vinca rosea L. [264]
2) Vincetoxicum hirsutum (Michx.) Britton [131]
3) Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. [156]
4) Vincetoxicum obliquum (Jacq.) Britton [88]
5) Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopow) Barbarich [138]
6) Vincetoxicum variifolium (Schltr.) Britton [146]
7) Viola adunca Sm. ssp. uncinulata (Greene) Applegate [141]
8) Viola affinis Leconte [591]
9) Viola bakeri Greene ssp. grandis M.S. Baker [90]
10) Viola blanda Willd. [462]

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