Calflora: Vinca major

Calflora

Taxon Report 8280

Vinca major L.

Bigleaf periwinkle, Greater periwinkle, Vinca

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Vinca major, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild. Cal-IPC rating: Moderate


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Bloom Period

Family:	APOCYNACEAE
Genus:	Vinca

Community:	escaped cultivar
Toxicity:	MAJOR [California Poison Control System]

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Location Suitability

Name Status:

Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + JM93

Alternate Names:
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PLANTS:

Vinca major var. variegata

More information about Vinca major


	Photos on PlantID.net / Google Images		Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria ITIS Original Publication citation USDA PLANTS Profile (VIMA)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2018. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Sep 24, 2018).

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