Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Vinca major
Greater Periwinkle, Periwinkle, Blue Periwinkle
Apocynaceae
Urban forest, woodland, roadsides, gardens, disturbed sites, waste areas, and along streams. Widespread.
Introduced trailing or prostrate perennial herb to 0.5 m tall, rooting at the nodes, forming mats to 10 m or more in diameter. Stems hairless. Leaves opposite each other, 0.5-8 cm long, 10–60 mm wide, tips pointed, bases rounded, squared off or slightly cordate, margins fringed, upper surface glossy green in nature, lower surface paler and duller. Leaf stalks 5–12 mm long, with 2 small glands on the margins. Flowers 20–60 mm in diameter, blue, mauve, violet, purple, or white, tubular, with 5 lobes. Sepals 12–16 mm long, margins fringed. Flowers usually single. Flowers mainly Spring to Summer.
General Biosecurity Duty all NSW. Pest plant ACT.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Vinca~major (accessed 8 February, 2021)
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