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Vinca major (greater periwinkle; periwinkle; Blue periwinkle; Large periwinkle; bigleaf periwinkle)

Synonyms: Pervinca major; Vinca major var. oxyloba

Wikipedia Abstract

Vinca major, with the common names bigleaf periwinkle, large periwinkle, greater periwinkle and blue periwinkle, is species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the western Mediterranean. Growing to 25 cm (10 in) tall and spreading indefinitely, it is an evergreen perennial, frequently used in cultivation as groundcover.
View Wikipedia Record: Vinca major

Infraspecies

Vinca major balcanica
Vinca major hirsuta
Vinca major major (Bigleaf periwinkle)

Invasive Species

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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue
Flower Color [2]  Blue
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [3]  Large quantities of the plant are poisonous;
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees
Structure [3]  Shrub
Usage [3]  The stems are used in basket making; A very good ground cover for covering steep banks and shady places, spreading rapidly once established and forming a dense cover within 2 years; It is less dense on dry or exposed sites; Plants are best spaced about 60cm apart each way;
Height [3]  20 inches (0.5 m)
Width [3]  39 inches (1 m)
Light Preference [5]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [5]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [5]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [5]  Moist
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Ecosystems

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia vincae[8]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 5ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0