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Vinca major L.

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Vinca major L.
Vinca major L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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L.
L.
1753
209
ICN
Vinca major L.
species
Vinca major

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major

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Vinca major L.

Stems glabrous, long and partly trailing or running and rooting at nodes, with terminal part often ascending, forming dense mats often covering many square metres. Petiole (5)-7-20 mm long; margins hirsute. Lamina (3)-4-10 × (1.8)-2.5-7 cm, ovate, usually dark glossy green above, rarely variegated white and green; midrib hairy above; margins ciliate; base mostly rounded or subcordate, sometimes truncate or broad-cuneate; apex obtuse or acute. Pedicels 2.5-4 cm long, slender. Calyx 0.9-1.7 cm long; lobes linear-subulate, ciliate, glandular towards base. Corolla tube c. 1.5 cm long; limb (3)-3.5-5 cm diam., mauvish blue; lobes obliquely obovate; apex truncate or obtuse. Anthers slightly wider than long. Follicles 3.5-5 cm long, the apical part very narrow and pointed, constricted between seeds. Seeds 7-8 mm long, oblong, strongly corrugated; margins inrolled.

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Vinca major L.
Vinca major L.
Vinca major L.
Vinca major L.
Vinca major L.
Vinca major L.

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Vinca major L.
Australia
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Vinca major L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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0444b393-a580-42da-ba49-ef6cb7df054f
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 December 2023
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