OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Catharanthus roseus   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catharanthus roseus   FAMILY Apocynaceae

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

Catharanthus roseus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-04-003:

Vinca rosea   FAMILY Apocynaceae

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

Catharanthus roseus

 

COMMON NAME:
Madagascar Periwinkle, Rosy-periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine


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image of Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar Periwinkle, Rosy-periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine

Keith Bradley    kab_c_roseus_71034

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar Periwinkle, Rosy-periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine

Keith Bradley    kab_c_roseus_71322

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

(The plant is the source of a powerful anti-leukemia drug) Flower >20mm across, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Catharanthus roseus   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catharanthus roseus   FAMILY Apocynaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-04-003:
Vinca rosea   FAMILY Apocynaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3953

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, northwards only persistent after cultivation or as a waif or "throw-out" after cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Madagascar

Waif(s)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rose-pink
Peduncles 2-4mm long
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla

Flowers (1-2) in upper leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Paired follicles

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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