Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Genus species | Vinca major L. trib. Vinceae |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 209 (1753) |
Native Range | s. Europe to Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
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 |
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Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Pervinca major (L.) Garsault Vinca grandiflora Salisb. Vinca major var. obliqua Porta Vinca major var. variegata Loudon Vinca minor ssp. major (L.) Bonnier & Layens Vinca ovatifolia Stokes |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SAR Sardegna) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |