OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vinca major   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vinca major   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vinca major

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Vinca major

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-04-002:

Vinca major   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vinca major

 

COMMON NAME:
Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle


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image of Vinca major, Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_major_periwinkle

February        

image of Vinca major, Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle

Gill Newberry    gn03_v_major_flower

March        

image of Vinca major, Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle

Gill Newberry    gn03_v_major_plant

March        

Peduncles 2-4cm long. Calyx lobes 6-12mm long and ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vinca major, Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle

Gill Newberry    gn04_periwinkle_2

April        

image of Vinca major, Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle

Gill Newberry    gn04_periwinkle_3

April        

Flowers 3-5cm across, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Vinca major, Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle

JK Marlow    jkm0404w_04

April    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Leaves membranous, triangular-ovate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vinca major, Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1093

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Leaves ciliate (vs. those of V. minor are not), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vinca major, Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle

Gill Newberry    gn05_v_major_habitat

May        

Leaves ovate, broadest near base, deciduous to semi-evergreen; margins ciliate, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vinca major   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vinca major   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vinca major

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vinca major

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-04-002:
Vinca major   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vinca major

 

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1638

Herbaceous vine (trailing); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, suburban woodlands, around old house sites, persistent and spreading from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Deciduous or Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Paired follicles

 

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