Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit.

Herbaceous periwinkle (en), Pervenche (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Vinca

Characteristics

More herbaceous, with scabrous lvs that have narrowly ascending (or obscure) primary lateral veins, the flowering branches not erect, is reported to be locally established in Mass.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.48
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 3-9
Soil humidity 3-9
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or divisions.
Mode cuttings divisions
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Vinca herbacea habit picture by Gilles Istin (cc-by-sa)
Vinca herbacea habit picture by Jiří Prokop (cc-by-sa)
Vinca herbacea habit picture by Sinan Avcı (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Vinca herbacea leaf picture by juantxorena (cc-by-sa)
Vinca herbacea leaf picture by Gilles Istin (cc-by-sa)
Vinca herbacea leaf picture by Шамхалов Магомед (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Vinca herbacea flower picture by Шамхалов Магомед (cc-by-sa)
Vinca herbacea flower picture by schattenrabe (cc-by-sa)
Vinca herbacea flower picture by Zuzana D (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Vinca herbacea world distribution map, present in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82691-1
WFO ID wfo-0000332775
COL ID 5BFG7
BDTFX ID 165883
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vinca bottae Vinca libanotica Vinca mixta Vinca pumila Vinca semidesertorum Vinca sessilifolia Vinca herbacea subsp. libanotica Vinca herbacea subsp. mixta Vinca haussknechtii Vinca herbacea