Vinca minor L.

Stems prostrate, mat-forming, trailing or creeping, glabrous or nearly so. Petioles 0.5–4 mm long, glandular, sometimes minutely ciliate. Lamina mostly 2–5 × 1–2 cm, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous or nearly so; base broadly cuneate or rounded; apex obtuse. Pedicels 1.7–3 cm long, very slender. Calyx 3–4 mm long; lobes broadly lanceolate, subacute. Corolla purple or violet with white central eye, usually double or semi-double; tube 7–8 mm long; limb 1.5–2 cm diam.; lobes obliquely obovate, truncate at apex. Anthers c. as wide as long, but most stamens transformed into petals. Follicles not seen.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Sep.–Jan.