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lesser periwinkle

Vinca minor

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,014, February 2,226, March 3,488, April 5,487, May 7,912, June 8,627, July 9,231, August 7,939, September 5,829, October 4,351, November 2,377, December 1,858.
Alaska62,339
United States47,493
Canada10,990
Ontario6,060
New York5,514
Massachusetts4,090
Pennsylvania3,916
Ohio3,556
British Columbia3,412
Michigan3,054

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderGentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies · Gentianales
FamilyDogbane Family · Apocynaceae
Genusperiwinkles · Vinca

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