Blue Periwinkle (Vinca major)
Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific name: | Vinca major L. |  Blue Periwinkle infestation |
Common Name: | Blue Periwinkle | |
Status: | Not declared noxious in Victoria. | |
Habitat: | Widely cultivated and has become a problem in various ecosystems, found primarily in damp and seasonally moist sites in forest, woodlands and heathlands, as well as along waterways and drainage lines (Muyt 2001). Blue periwinkle invades dry coastal vegetation, heathland and heathy woodland, lowland grassland and grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and woodland, damp sclerophyll forest, riparian vegetation, and warm temperate rainforest (Carr et al 1992). | |
Weed Identification Note for Blue Periwinkle - on the Weeds Australia website (external link). Information is provided on the generalised current distribution in Australia as well as other information such as origin, distinguishing features, dispersal etc.
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This document was last reviewed on 05/08/2009