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|accepted_name=Vinca major
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 209. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Greater periwinkle
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Apocynaceae;Vinca;Vinca major
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Apocynaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Vinca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Vinca major]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>ascending and trailing. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 5–15 mm, glabrous or pubescent, with 2 small glandular appendages in distal half; blade ovate to broadly ovate or lanceolate, 2.5–9 × 2–6 cm (distals), membranous, base cordate or truncate, margins ciliate, apex obtuse to acute, adaxial surface usually pubescent. <b>Peduncles</b> 1.5–4 cm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes linear, 7–15 mm, ciliate; corolla blue-purple, rarely violet or white, glabrous abaxially, eglandular-pubescent adaxially, tube 4–5 × 3–4 mm, throat 8–12 × 4–9 mm, lobes spreading, obliquely dolabriform, 15–20 × (3–)10–20 mm. <b>Follicles</b> 25–50 × 2–3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 7–10 × 2–2.6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 92.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (or year-round in the southern United States); fruiting summer.
|habitat=Open woodlands, stream and woodland margins, old home sites, other shaded disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–1900 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Va.;Wash.;Wis.;s Europe.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Vinca major has been widely introduced as an ornamental and commonly spreads from cultivation.</p>
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Vinca major
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Apocynaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (or year-round in the southern United States); fruiting summer.
|habitat=Open woodlands, stream and woodland margins, old home sites, other shaded disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–1900 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Va.;Wash.;Wis.;s Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Vinca
|species=Vinca major
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