Vinca major L.

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Vinca major L.

Vinca herbacea: Perennial herb with a short, woody rhizome bearing coarse, tough roots. Stems ascending and trailing, 15–50 cm, dying down completely in the winter. Leaves opposite, elliptical, thin and dark green, with obsolete lateral veins. Flowers solitary in leaf axils; pedicel exceeding subtending leaf. Corolla 20–35 mm in diam., usually dark purplish-blue.

Differing from V. herbacea in the following characters: More or less evergreen, woody at base, with ascending flowering stems up to 40 cm and long, trailing nonflowering stems; leaves ovate to broadly ovate, somewhat coriaceous, with conspicuous lateral veins; pedicel shorter than or equalling subtending leaf; corolla larger (30–50 mm in diam.) and often paler.

Ο Strid αμφιβάλλει για το "γηγενές" του είδους γιατί σχεδόν ποτέ δεν το συναντάμε μακρυά απο οικισμούς. Το VPG το "δίνει" γηγενές. Περισσότερες πληροφορίες στη Χλωρίδα μας, Φυτολόγιο, greekflora.gr, Flora of Greece.

Vinca major

Vinca major