Vinca minor L.

English: Periwinkle

German: Kleine Immergrün

Mandarin: 小蔓长春花 (hua ye man chang chun hua)

Portuguese: Pervinca-menor

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Vinca (2)

            Epithet: minor L. (6)

minor => smaller, lesser

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue

Check for Vinca minor at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [145] Species information: fact sheet
• [729] Vinca minor - Plants For A Future database
• [736] Lesser Periwinkle - Skye Flora
• [1071] Vinca minor - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [1605] Vinca minor - Flora of China @ efloras.org