Vinca herbacea, Herbaceous Periwinkle,
וינקה עשבונית
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| | Scientific name: |
| Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit |
| Common name: |
| Herbaceous Periwinkle |
| Hebrew name: |
| וינקה עשבונית |
| Family: |
| Apocynaceae, הרדופיים |
Date Picture Taken: February 10, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Hemicryptophyte |
| Leaves: |
| Opposite |
| Flowers: |
| Violet, dark blue |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April, May |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Euro-Siberian - Med - Irano-Turanian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: February 10, 2008
Derivation of the botanical name:
Vinca, Latin vincire,'to bind', as the plant grows over everything in its area, or vincere, 'to overcome', after the plant's ability to help one overcome illness.
herbacea, not woody.
periwinkle,from Latin pervincire "to entwine, bind," from per- "thoroughly" + vincire "to bind, fetter."
- The standard author abbreviation Waldst. is used to indicate Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759 - 1823), , an Austrian soldier, explorer and naturalist.
- The standard author abbreviation Kit. is used to indicate Pál Kitaibel (1757 – 1817), a Hungarian botanist and chemist.
Pliny the Elder(23 - 79 CE), Natural History, book XXI,68: "But the vicapervica is an evergreen, surrounded by leaves at the joints after the manner of the scarecrow cord, a plant for the fancy garden, but at times filling the gap when others fail. This plant is called chamaedaphne (Ground-laurel) by the Greeks".
Lucius Apuleius (c. 125 – c. 180), a Latin prose writer: "I pray thee, vinca pervinca, thee that art to be had for thy many useful qualities, that thou come to me glad blossoming with thy mainfulness, that thou outfit me so that I be shielded and prosperous and undamaged by poisons and water."
William Wordsworth (1770-1850), English poet:
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
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