Date: May 6, 2011. Location: Sugar Bottom(map)
| Classification Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheophyta |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass | Asteridae |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Apocynaceae |
| Genus | Vinca |
| Species | Vinca minor |
Date: May 6, 2011. Location: Sugar Bottom(map)
Scientific Name: Vinca minor (Vinca is an abbreviation of Pliny"s Vincapervinca; minor= the smaller - compared to V. major)
Common Name: common periwinkle
Origin: Introduced
Notes: This Old World plant sometimes escapes cultivation and is found on roadsides and woodland borders. It can be invasive.
Additional references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Flowers: April; arise on peduncles from leaf axils, corolla funnelform light blue to blue-violet; follicles 2-2.5 cm. long, beaked, seeds rough.
Leaves: glossy, ovate to oblong 1.5-3 cm. long on creeping stems.
Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
