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Vinca major L. trib. Vinceae 
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FamilyAPOCYNACEAE
Genus speciesVinca major L. trib. Vinceae
SynonymsVinca grandiflora Salisb.
 Vinca ovatifolia Stokes
Habitatthickets and woods
Descriptionleaves shortly petiolate, ovate, at apex attenuate, obtuse, at base subcordate, glabrous, margins ciliate, flowers solitary, shortly pedicellate, axillary, calyx ciliate
Size15-40cm
Colorlavender-blue
Bloomlate summer
Ca
Typecarpet
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed 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)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

APOCYNACEAE

Vinca major L., Sp. Pl. 1: 209 (1753)

Synonyms:
Pervinca major (L.) Garsault
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major typica ined.

Synonyms:
Vinca grandiflora Salisb.
Vinca major obliqua Porta
Vinca major variegata Loudon
Vinca ovatifolia Stokes

s. Europe, North Caucasus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon
12 FRA SAR 13 ITA KRI SIC YUG 33 NCS 34 EAI LBS

major balcanica (Pénzes) Kožuharov & Petrova, Fl. Narodna Republ. Bulg. 8: 427 (1982)

Basionym:
Vinca balcanica Pénzes, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 8: 329 (1962)

n. Balkan Peninsula
13 ALB YUG

major hirsuta Boiss., Asie Min. Bot. [Tchihatchew] 2: 67 (1860)

Synonyms:
Vinca pubescens d‘Urv.

w. Transcaucasus, n. Turkey
33 TCS 34 TUR

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