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Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Description

Vinca minor (common names lesser periwinkle or dwarf periwinkle) is a species of flowering plant native to central and southern Europe, from Portugal and France north to the Netherlands and the Baltic States, east to the Caucasus, and also southwestern Asia in Turkey. Other vernacular names used in cultivation include small periwinkle, common periwinkle, and sometimes in the United States, myrtle or creeping myrtle.

Taxonomic tree

Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Plantae
- - Phylum: Magnoliophyta
  - - Class: Magnoliopsida
    - - Order: Gentianales
      - Family: Apocynaceae
        
        Genus: Vinca