§1 Plant
Vinca major L.
vernacular bigleaf periwinkle — species · Apocynaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apocynaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Vinca
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 142 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 142 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Assumption 22007
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Northampton 51131
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIMA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3169708 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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