Apocynaceae
Greater periwinkle
Vinca major
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Vinca
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- فنكا, الونكا, زهرة العناق
- Armenian
- Կուսածաղիկ բարձր
- arz
- فينكا الكبرى
- Azerbaijani
- Böyük qıfotu
- Basque
- Inkonte-belar handi
- Bulgarian
- Голяма винка
- Chinese
- 蔓長春花, 蔓长春花, 攀缠长春花, 滇绿豆
- Croatian
- Veliki zimzelen
- Czech
- Barvínek větší
- Dutch
- Grote maagdenpalm, Grote maagdepalm
- English
- Greater periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Blue periwinkle, Large periwinkle
- Finnish
- Isotalvio
- French
- Grande pervenche
- German
- Grosses Immergrün, Großes Immergrün
- Hebrew
- וינקה גדולה
- hsb
- Wulki barbjenk
- Hungarian
- Nagy meténg
- Japanese
- ツルニチニチソウ
- Malayalam
- വിൻക മേജർ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Storgravmyrt
- Persian
- پیچ تلگرافی
- Russian
- Барвинок большой
- Slovak
- Zimozeleň väčšia
- Slovenian
- Veliki zimzelen
- Spanish
- Brusela mayor, De vina en vina, De vina en viña, De viña en viña, Fincavervinca, Ojos llorosos, Pervincola, Pervíncola
- Swedish
- Stor vintergröna
- Ukrainian
- Барвінок великий
- Walloon
- Grande vintche
- Welsh
- Perfagl fawr
Synonyms
- Pervinca major (L.) Garsault
- Vinca grandiflora Salisb.
- Vinca major f. variegata (Loudon) P.D.Sell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Barbara Banfield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Vosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dryopterisery, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dryopterisery, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 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.