Vinca major
Vinca major
Cezayir menekşesi
Evergreen subshrub, with arching shoots rising to 30 cm then curving downwards, trailing shoots to 100 cm. Leaves evergreen, blade mostly ovate but varying from broadly ovate to lanceolate, 2·5-9 x 2-6 cm, base cordate or truncate-rounded, apex acute or obtuse, margin ciliate, with veins spreading at 40-50 degrees from midrib; petiole 5-15 mm. Calyx 6-18 mm; lobes ciliate. Corolla violet; tube 1·2-2 cm; lobes 1·2-2 cm. Follicles 2·5-3·5 cm.
1. Petioles and young shoots almost glabrous; hairs of calyx lobes to 0,5 mm subsp. major
1. Petioles and young shoots profusely hairy; hairs of calyx lobes to 1,0 mm subsp. hirsuta . Euxine element.)
