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{{Taxobox

{{SPlantbox

| color = lightgreen

|familia=Apocynaceae

| name = ''Vinca herbacea''

|genus=Vinca

| image = Vinca-herbacea1-crop.jpg

|species=herbacea

| image_width = 240px

| image_caption = ''Vinca herbacea'' leaves and flowers

|image=Vinca-herbacea1-crop.jpg

| ordo = [[Gentianales]]

|image_width=240

|image_caption=''Vinca herbacea'' leaves and flowers

| genus = ''[[Vinca]]''

| species = '''''V. herbacea'''''

{{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.

| binomial_authority = [[Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein|Waldst.]] & [[Pál Kitaibel|Kit.]]

}}

}}

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.

===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.

==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'']

 

*[http://web.kadel.cz/flora/e/kvCard.asp-Id=4888.htm Rock garden plants: ''Vinca herbacea'']

==External links==

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