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|familia=Apocynaceae
|genus=Vinca
|species=herbacea
|common_name=Herbaceous Periwinkle
|habit=herbaceous
|Min ht metric=cm
|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Vinca-herbacea1-crop.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=''Vinca herbacea'' leaves and flowers
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{{Inc|
Vinca herbacea, Waldst. & Kit. Hardy trailing glabrous herb, which usually loses its lvs. in winter: lvs. elliptical or lanceolate, rather obtuse, margins revolute; petiole very short: fls. more purple than the other species; calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; corolla-lobes obovate, oblong-obtuse. E. Eu., Asia Minor. B.M. 2002. B.R. 301.
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'''''Vinca herbacea''''' ('''Herbaceous Periwinkle''') is a [[flowering plant]] native to eastern and southeastern [[Europe]], from [[Austria]] south to [[Greece]], and east to the [[Crimea]], and also in southwestern [[Asia]] east to the [[Caucasus]] and [[Alborz]] mountains. It grows mainly in [[steppe]] habitats.

It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant|perennial]] growing as a trailing vine, spreading along the ground and rooting along the stems to form [[clonal colony|clonal colonies]], growing up to 10-20 cm high. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, lanceolate, 1-5 cm long and 0.2-3 cm broad, glossy green with an entire margin, and nearly sessile with only a very short [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]. The [[flower]]s are produced in late summer, blue-violet or occasionally white, 2.5-3.5 cm diameter, with a five-lobed corolla.