Vinca major |
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bigleaf periwinkle, greater periwinkle, large periwinkle, vinca |
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Stems | ascending and trailing. |
Leaves | petiole 5–15 mm, glabrous or pubescent, with 2 small glandular appendages in distal half; blade ovate to broadly ovate or lanceolate, 2.5–9 × 2–6 cm (distals), membranous, base cordate or truncate, margins ciliate, apex obtuse to acute, adaxial surface usually pubescent. |
Peduncles | 1.5–4 cm, glabrous. |
Flowers | calyx lobes linear, 7–15 mm, ciliate; corolla blue-purple, rarely violet or white, glabrous abaxially, eglandular-pubescent adaxially, tube 4–5 × 3–4 mm, throat 8–12 × 4–9 mm, lobes spreading, obliquely dolabriform, 15–20 × (3–)10–20 mm. |
Seeds | 7–10 × 2–2.6 mm. |
Follicles | 25–50 × 2–3 mm. |
2n | = 92. |
Vinca major |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (or year-round in the southern United States); fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Open woodlands, stream and woodland margins, old home sites, other shaded disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–1900 m. [0–6200 ft.] |
Distribution |
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CT; DE; FL; GA; ID; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; SC; TN; TX; UT; VA; WA; WI; BC; s Europe [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Vinca major has been widely introduced as an ornamental and commonly spreads from cultivation. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 209. (1753) |
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