Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Genus species | Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit. trib. Vinceae |
Synonyms | Vinca bottae Jaub. & Spach |
Vinca libanotica Zucc. | |
Vinca mixta Velen. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves shortly petiolate, the lower ovate, upper leaves elliptic-lanceolate or oblong, margins scabrous, flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate, calyx lobes lanceolate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe division in early spring and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary ) Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria , Greece , Romania , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Krym , Central European Russia , South European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (East Aegean Is. , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | APOCYNACEAE
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