Apocynaceae
Herbaceous periwinkle
Vinca herbacea
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Vinca
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- عشبة الفنكا
- arz
- فينكا هيرباسيا
- Azerbaijani
- Otvari qıfotu
- Belarusian
- Барвенак травяністы
- Bulgarian
- Тревист зимзелен
- Danish
- Asiatisk Singrøn
- English
- Herbaceous periwinkle
- Georgian
- Ბალახოვანი გველის სურო
- German
- Krautiges Immergrün
- Hebrew
- וינקה עשבונית
- Hungarian
- Pusztai meténg
- Persian
- پیچتلگرافی ایرانی
- Polish
- Barwinek zielny
- Russian
- Барвинок травянистый, Барвинок травяной
- Slovak
- Zimozeleň bylinná
- Swedish
- Girlandvintergröna
- Ukrainian
- Барвінок трав'яний, Барвінок трав'янистий
Synonyms
- Vinca bottae Jaub. & Spach
- Vinca haussknechtii Bornm. & Sint. ex Bornm.
- Vinca herbacea subsp. libanotica (Zucc.) Bornm.
- Vinca herbacea subsp. mixta Velen.
- Vinca libanotica Zucc.
- Vinca mixta Velen.
- Vinca pumila E.D.Clarke
- Vinca semidesertorum Ponert
- Vinca sessilifolia A.DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 232 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Roman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zsolt Takács, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Liubov Ilminska, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: NativePlanting, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rossen Vassilev, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sergey Nikonov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.