Click on the link to go to the feedback form. It is a popular plant for gardens, and was probably brought to America by some of the early settlers, along with other favorite. It grows on shady banks in woods, and near streams. (2009) Available at (verified ).ĭo you have additional information about this plant that will improve the quality of the assessment? Periwinkle ( Vinca minor) is a native plant of Europe, found growing naturally all the way from Portugal to the Netherlands, and across the continent into Turkey. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service, National Genetic Resources Program. Vinca (Vinca minor), also called myrtle and common periwinkle, is often used as a beautiful ground cover with blue, lavender or white blooms throughout the spring and summer months. (2003) Census of Vascular Plants of Victoria. Missouri Botanical Gardens (MBG) (2009) w 3 TROPICOS, Missouri Botanical Gardens Database, Available at (verified ). (2005) International Plant Names Index Plant Name Search. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) (2008) Global biodiversity information facility, Available at (verified ). (1993 – On-going) Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) (verified ).ĮIS: Environmental Information System (2006) Parks Victoria. Global present distribution data referencesĪustralian National Herbarium (ANH) (2008) Australia’s Virtual Herbarium, Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Plant Diversity and Research, Available atĭepartment of the Environment and Heritage (Commonwealth of Australia). It is a strong grower though with some maintenance can be kept neat with little spreading into. It offers mostly shiny dark green foliage with periwinkle flowers periodically from spring through summer. USDA (2009) Plants Profile Vinca minor L. Vinca minor is an evergreen trailing ground cover plant that works nicely for landscape settings and erosion on hillsides and embankments. UConn (2001) University of Connecticut Plant Database. Skye Flora (2004) Lesser Periwinkle, Vinca minor. OSU (undated) Ohio State University Vinca minor. Published by Univ of Wisconsin Press.ĭesert Tropicals (2005). Available at (verified ).Ĭzarapata EJ (2005) Invasive plants of the upper Midwest: an illustrated guide to their identification and control. In the non-coloured areas the plant is unlikely to establish as the climate, soil or landuse is not presently suitable.Īussie Gardening (undated) Vinca minor. Lowland forest foothills forest forby forest damp forest wet forest rainforest high altitude shrubland/woodland alpine treeless granitic hillslopes rocky outcrop shrubland alluvial plains woodland ironbark/boxĬolours indicate possibility of Vinca minor infesting these areas. Potential distribution produced from CLIMATE modelling refined by applying suitable landuse and vegetation type overlays with CMA boundariesīroadacre cropping forestry horticulture perennial horticulture seasonal pasture dryland pasture irrigation Occasionally found carpeting the ground in woods or abandoned gardens (Skye Flora 2004).
Established plants are drought tolerant (Aussie Gardening, undated). Lesser periwinkle can grow in full, semi shaded areas and areas with no shade (Aussie Gardening undated).
Hardy to -12☌, fairly drought resistant, adapted to mild climates (Desert Tropicals 2005). Map showing the present distribution of this weed.
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