Greater Periwinkle
വിൻക മേജർ
Vinca major L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 14 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Apocynaceae
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Europe to CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 8 cm to 20 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, purple, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Chinese
- 滇绿豆, 蔓长春花
- Asturian
- vinca mayor
- Czech
- barvínek větší
- German
- Großes Immergrün
- Finnish
- isotalvio
- Simplified Chinese
- 攀缠长春花, 蔓长春花
- Malayalam
- വിൻക മേജർ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Vinca major (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.