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Photographer: Michael Clayton
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Family Apocynaceae
Vinca minor L.
greater periwinkle, periwinkle, running-myrtle
Vinca: from the Latin name Vinca pervinca from vincio, "to bind," referring to the shoots
minor: smaller, lesser (see major)
Invasive - Eradicate!
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| Status: | Introduced - persisting and spreading; ecologically invasive |
| Plant: | trailing perennial shrub up to 40" long, mat-forming ground cover, milky juice; stems somewhat woody |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 3/4"-1 1/4" wide; flat, wide, funnel shape; solitary in axil of each pair of leaves; blooms April-May |
| Fruit: | paired, very narrow, rarely seen pods |
| Leaf: | opposite, stalked, lance-shaped to elliptical, broadest near the middle, evergreen, glossy with hairless edges |
| Habitat: | roadsides, woods |
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