Species

Vinca major (Greater periwinkle)

Vinca major. Photo: (c) Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Vinca major, with the common names bigleaf periwinkle, large periwinkle, greater periwinkle and blue periwinkle, is species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the western Mediterranean. Growing to 25 cm (10 in) tall and spreading indefinitely, it is an evergreen perennial, frequently used in cultivation as groundcover.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Gentianales (Gentians, dogbanes, madders, and allies)
        Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
        Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe: Vinceae (Periwinkles, devil peppers and kin)
        Subtribe: Vincinae (European periwinkles)
        Genus: Vinca (Periwinkles)
        Species: Vinca major (Greater periwinkle)
        Subspecies: Vinca major major

Subtaxa

Subspecies: Vinca major major

Sightings

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