| Family | APOCYNACEAE |
| Genus species | Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit. trib. Vinceae |
| Bibliography | Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 1: 8 (1799) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Europe to w. Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Vinca bottae Jaub. & Spach Vinca haussknechtii Bornm. & Sint. Vinca herbacea ssp. libanotica (Zucc.) Bornm. Vinca herbacea ssp. mixta Velen. Vinca libanotica Zucc. Vinca mixta Velen. Vinca pumila E.D.Clarke Vinca semidesertorum Ponert Vinca sessilifolia A.DC. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |