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|familia=Apocynaceae
| name = ''Vinca herbacea''
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|genus=Vinca
| image = Vinca-herbacea1-crop.jpg
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|species=herbacea
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|common_name=Herbaceous Periwinkle
| image_caption = ''Vinca herbacea'' leaves and flowers
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|habit=herbaceous
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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|Min ht metric=cm
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|Temp Metric=°F
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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|image=Vinca-herbacea1-crop.jpg
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
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|image_width=240
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
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|image_caption=''Vinca herbacea'' leaves and flowers
| genus = ''[[Vinca]]''
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| species = '''''V. herbacea'''''
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| binomial = ''Vinca herbacea''
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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.
| 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.
  
===Cultivation and uses===
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===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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===Propagation===
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===Pests and Diseases===
  
 
==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'']
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==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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Latest revision as of 01:05, 30 October 2009


Vinca herbacea leaves and flowers


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous
Cultivation
Scientific Names

Apocynaceae >

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Read about Vinca herbacea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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 growing as a trailing vine, spreading along the ground and rooting along the stems to form clonal colonies, growing up to 10-20 cm high. The 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. The flowers are produced in late summer, blue-violet or occasionally white, 2.5-3.5 cm diameter, with a five-lobed corolla.

Cultivation

It is occasionally grown in temperate gardens as a rock garden plant.

Propagation

Pests and Diseases

References

External links