OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Vinca minor   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vinca minor   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-04-001:

Vinca minor   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vinca minor

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Periwinkle, Myrtle Vinca


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image of Vinca minor, Common Periwinkle, Myrtle Vinca

JK Marlow    jkm0403j_18

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Vinca minor, Common Periwinkle, Myrtle Vinca

JK Marlow    jkm0403q_08

March    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

image of Vinca minor, Common Periwinkle, Myrtle Vinca

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvminor_and4

March    Anderson County    SC

image of Vinca minor, Common Periwinkle, Myrtle Vinca

JK Marlow    jkm150407_134

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Flowers 2-3cm across, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Vinca minor, Common Periwinkle, Myrtle Vinca

JK Marlow    jkm150407_136

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Vinca minor, Common Periwinkle, Myrtle Vinca

JK Marlow    jkm150407_137

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, elliptic; margins not ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Vinca minor   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vinca minor   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-04-001:
Vinca minor   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vinca minor

 

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1639

Subshrub; Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, around old house sites and especially old cemeteries, persistent and spreading from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer
Paired follicles

 

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