Herbaceous periwinkle

Vinca herbacea

''Vinca herbacea'', with common name herbaceous periwinkle, is a flowering plant native to eastern and southeastern Europe, from Austria south to Greece, and east to the Crimea, and also in northern Western Asia, in the Caucasus and Alborz mountains.
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Appearance

''Vinca herbacea'' is a herbaceous perennial growing as a trailing vine, spreading along the ground and rooting along the stems to form clonal colonies, growing up to 10–20 centimetres high.

The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, 1–5 centimetres long and 0.2–3 centimetres broad, glossy green with an entire margin, and nearly sessile with only a very short petiole.

The flowers are produced in late summer, blue-violet or occasionally white, 2.5–3.5 centimetres diameter, with a five-lobed corolla.
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Habitat

It grows mainly in steppe habitats.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderGentianales
FamilyApocynaceae
GenusVinca
SpeciesV. herbacea
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