| Family | APOCYNACEAE |
| Genus species | Vinca minor L. trib. Vinceae |
| Synonyms | Vinca elipticifolia Stokes |
| Vinca humilis Salisb. | |
| Vinca intermedia Tausch. | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | leaves shortly petiolate, glabrous, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, attenuate, obtuse, flowers solitary, pedicellate, calyx glabrous, lobes short, lanceolate, obtuse |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | ind |
| 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
Northern Europe Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Sicilia , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Krym , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | APOCYNACEAE
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