Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Genus species | Vinca major L. trib. Vinceae |
Synonyms | Vinca grandiflora Salisb. |
Vinca ovatifolia Stokes | |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves shortly petiolate, ovate, at apex attenuate, obtuse, at base subcordate, glabrous, margins ciliate, flowers solitary, shortly pedicellate, axillary, calyx ciliate |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | lavender-blue |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe division in early spring and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (France , Sardegna ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Kriti , Sicilia , Yugoslavia ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus ) Western Asia (East Aegean Is. , Lebanon-Syria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | APOCYNACEAE
major balcanica (Pénzes) Kožuharov & Petrova, Fl. Narodna Republ. Bulg. 8: 427 (1982)
major hirsuta Boiss., Asie Min. Bot. [Tchihatchew] 2: 67 (1860)
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