§1 Plant
Vinca minor L.
vernacular common periwinkle — species · Apocynaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apocynaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Vinca
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 4 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–7.7
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 0.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Moderate
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 4 counties across 1 state.
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIMI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3169707 ↗Record version
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