View source for Vinca minor

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|accepted_name=Vinca minor
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 209. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Common periwinkle;petite pervenche
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Apocynaceae;Vinca;Vinca minor
|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 minor]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>trailing. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–2(–10) mm, glabrous, without glandular appendages; blade lanceolate to elliptic or sometimes ovate, 1.5–4.5 × 0.5–2.5 cm (distals), membranous, base rounded or cuneate, margins not ciliate, apex obtuse to acute, glabrous. <b>Peduncles</b> 1.5–2.5(–3.5) cm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, 3–4 mm, glabrous; corolla blue-violet, rarely pale blue, reddish purple, or white, glabrous abaxially, eglandular-pubescent adaxially, tube 3–6 × 2–3 mm, throat 5–7 × 3–4 mm, lobes spreading, obliquely dolabriform, 10–15 × 6–15 mm. <b>Follicles</b> 20–30(–60) × 2–3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 5–7 × 2–2.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 46.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer.
|habitat=Roadsides, open woodlands, shaded disturbed areas, old cemeteries, homesites.
|elevation=0–1300 m.
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;w Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Vinca minor has been widely introduced as an ornamental and commonly spreads from cultivation. It is more frost-hardy than V. major and more common in the midwestern and northeastern United States and eastern Canada, while V. major is abundant across the southern United States. Vinca minor is regarded as invasive in parts of Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Tennessee.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Vinca minor
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Apocynaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer.
|habitat=Roadsides, open woodlands, shaded disturbed areas, old cemeteries, homesites.
|elevation=0–1300 m.
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;w Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=
|genus=Vinca
|species=Vinca minor
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