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Giant Steps Periwinkle (Vinca major) plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Vinca

Vinca balcanica
Vinca difformis
Vinca herbacea
Vinca major
Vinca minor

Vinca (from Latin vincire "to bind, fetter") is a genus of five species in the family Apocynaceae, that grows in Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. The common name, shared with the related genus Catharanthus, is Periwinkle.

Large Periwinkle (Vinca major) flower

They are subshrubs or herbaceous, and have slender stems 1–2 m (3–6 feet) long but not growing more than 20–70 cm (8-30 inches) above ground; the stems frequently take root where they touch the ground, so the plant can spread widely

References[change | change source]

  • Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 4: 664-665. Macmillan.

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