§1 Plant
Vinca minor L.
vernacular common 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
· 532 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–7.7
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 0.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Moderate
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 532 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 16 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Menard 17129
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 52 I ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 33 I ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Montcalm 26117
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Saginaw 26145
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Adair 29001
- Bollinger 29017
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Crawford 29055
- Franklin 29071
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Lincoln 29113
- Marion 29127
- Platte 29165
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Texas 29215
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 57 I ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Richland 39139
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 51 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Davidson 47037
- Fayette 47047
- Greene 47059
- Hamblen 47063
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Henry 47079
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Overton 47133
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
Vermont view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 71 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIMI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3169707 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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