Vinca major L.

Periwinkle

Perennial herb to 50 cm high. Leaf blade ovate to more or less orbicular, 15-60 mm long,14-45 mm wide; tip acute, base cuneate to rounded. Flowers 20-28 mm long, 30-40 mm wide; calyx lobes 7-17 mm long; corolla lilac-blue to white. Fruit tapering to each end, 35-40 mm long.

Mediterranean

Naturalised in most states, mostly near habitations.

Source: Forster, P. (2002). Apocynaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Vinca major 'Variegata'

Leaves variegated white and green.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Gentianales
family       Apocynaceae
genus        Vinca L.