big periwinkle

Plants: Vines
Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Vinca major L.
Synonym(s): bigleaf periwinkle, large periwinkle, greater periwinkle, periwinkle
Bigleaf periwinkle is an evergreen to semi-evergreen, trailing vine that reaches to over 6.6 ft. (2 m) in length. The stems are stout, somewhat woody and green in color. The opposite, glossy leaves are 1 ½ to 2 ½ in. (3.8-6.4 cm) long and heart-shaped to elliptical. Some varieties have variegated leaf colors. Flowers are violet to blue (possibly white) in color, 1 ½ to 2 in. (3.8-5.1 cm) wide, and 5-petaled. Bigleaf periwinkle invades open to shady forests often around former plantings at old homesites. It forms dense and extensive mats along forest floors that exclude native vegetation. Bigleaf periwinkle is native to Europe and was first introduced into North America in the 1700s as an ornamental. It is still commonly sold as an ornamental ground cover.

43 records

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Image Descriptor Description Photographer
0016132 Feature(s) vines with new growth in April James H. Miller
0016133 Feature(s) Both regular and variegated varieties shown on right compared to common periwinkle on left James H. Miller
0016134 Feature(s) vine and leaves closeup in April James H. Miller
0016135 Flower(s) in April James H. Miller
0016237 Flower(s) James H. Miller
2307172 Flower(s) Common compared to Bigleaf flowers Summer Barry Rice
1380416 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1380417 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1380418 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1380419 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1380420 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1380421 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1380422 Flower(s) Chris Evans
5159067 Flower(s) flowers Forest & Kim Starr
5159068 Flower(s) flowers Forest & Kim Starr
5163037 Flower(s) habit Forest & Kim Starr
5204064 Flower(s) Pedro Tenorio-Lezama
5204065 Flower(s) Pedro Tenorio-Lezama
5374205 Flower(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso
5374206 Flower(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso
5391787 Flower(s) Barry Rice
5391789 Flower(s) Barry Rice
5392702 Foliage John M. Randall
5391788 Foliage Barry Rice
5370295 Foliage Rebekah D. Wallace
5204067 Foliage Pedro Tenorio-Lezama
5204068 Foliage Pedro Tenorio-Lezama
5306022 Infestation Nancy Loewenstein
5306023 Infestation Nancy Loewenstein
5374204 Infestation

in flower

Joseph M. DiTomaso
5392703 Infestation John M. Randall
0016131 Infestation in April James H. Miller
5248094 Plant(s) Richard Old
5204066 Plant(s) Pedro Tenorio-Lezama
1380423 Plant(s)

in flower

Chris Evans
2307168 Plant(s) April James H. Miller
2307173 Plant(s) April James H. Miller
5159065 Plant(s) habit Forest & Kim Starr
5159066 Plant(s) habit Forest & Kim Starr
0016238 Plant(s) Flower (side view) and vines in April James H. Miller
5370293 Root(s) Rebekah D. Wallace
5370294 Root(s) Rebekah D. Wallace
5309030 Seed(s) Steve Hurst


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