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| + | |familia=Apocynaceae |
| + | |genus=Vinca |
| + | |species=herbacea |
| + | |common_name=Herbaceous Periwinkle |
| + | |habit=herbaceous |
| |Min ht metric=cm | | |Min ht metric=cm |
| |Temp Metric=°F | | |Temp Metric=°F |
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| |image_width=240 | | |image_width=240 |
| + | |image_caption=''Vinca herbacea'' leaves and flowers |
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| 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. | | 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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− | | color = lightgreen
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− | | name = ''Vinca herbacea''
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− | | image = Vinca-herbacea1-crop.jpg
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− | | image_caption = ''Vinca herbacea'' leaves and flowers
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− | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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− | | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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− | | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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− | | ordo = [[Gentianales]]
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− | | familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
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− | | genus = ''[[Vinca]]''
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− | | species = '''''V. herbacea'''''
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− | | binomial = ''Vinca herbacea''
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− | | binomial_authority = [[Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein|Waldst.]] & [[Pál Kitaibel|Kit.]]
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| 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. | | 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. |
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− | ===Cultivation and uses=== | + | ===Cultivation=== |
| It is occasionally grown in temperate [[gardens]] as a [[rock garden]] plant. | | It is occasionally grown in temperate [[gardens]] as a [[rock garden]] plant. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
− | *[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Vinca&SPECIES_XREF=herbacea&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Vinca herbacea'']
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− | *[http://web.kadel.cz/flora/e/kvCard.asp-Id=4888.htm Rock garden plants: ''Vinca herbacea''] | + | ==External links== |
− | *[http://www.hlasek.com/vinca_herbacea_8400.html Photo]
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− | *Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' 4: 664-665. Macmillan.
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