Bigleaf Periwinkle
Vinca major
Characteristics
- Flowers - Purple, roughly pentagonal with white edged floral tube and long narrow hairy sepals.
- Foliage - Opposite glossy leaves with marginal hairs and fairly short petioles.
- Stem structures - Round, nearly hairless
This plant likes deep shade to partial shade.
This plant can grow into large (8" diameter or more) dense bunches at the base similar to some grasses.
Opposite leaves on stem.
Flower.
Flower calyx and hairy sepals.
Glossy upper surface of the leaf.
Bottom surface of the leaf.
Stem, node and petioles with some hairs.
Round stem, node and occasional hairs.
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