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Vinca major is a trailing vine, spreading along the ground and rooting along the stems to form dense masses of groundcover individually 2–5 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) across and up to 25 centimetres (10 in) high, perhaps even 50–70 cm (20–28 in).
Vinca difformis in habitat, Cáceres, Spain. Vinca plants are subshrubs or herbaceous, and have slender trailing stems 1–2 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) long but not growing more than 20–70 cm (8– 27 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) above ground; the stems frequently take root where they touch the ground, enabling the plant to spread widely.
Groundcover of Vinca major. Groundcover or ground cover is any plant that grows low over an area of ground, which protects the topsoil from erosion and drought.In a terrestrial ecosystem, the ground cover forms the layer of vegetation below the shrub layer known as the herbaceous layer, and provides habitats and concealments for (especially fossorial) terrestrial fauna.
Plants flower late fall into winter in the Deep south, and mid-winter in cooler regions. The yellow blossoms stand in elegant, upright sprays atop the foliage and attract a variety of pollinators.
Vinca herbacea is a herbaceous perennial growing as a trailing vine, spreading along the ground and rooting along the stems to form clonal colonies, growing up to 10–20 centimetres (4–8 in) high. The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, 1–5 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 –2 in) long and 0.2–3 cm ( 1 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) broad, glossy green with an ...
Vinca minor (common names lesser periwinkle [1] or dwarf periwinkle) is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, native to central and southern Europe. Other vernacular names used in cultivation include small periwinkle , common periwinkle , and sometimes in the United States, myrtle or creeping myrtle .
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