Vinca erecta
Herbaceous Periwinkle
Vinca herbacea
Waldst. & Kit. Species
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- Botanical name
- Vinca herbacea
- Also known as
- Herbaceous Periwinkle
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Vinca
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Herbaceous Periwinkle
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.
Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Vinca herbacea but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Vinca bottae
Vinca haussknechtii
Vinca herbacea subsp. libanotica
Vinca herbacea subsp. mixta
Vinca libanotica
Vinca mixta
Vinca pumila
Vinca semidesertorum
Vinca sessilifolia
Others in Vinca
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