Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Mediterranean shrubland

Range

Western Mediterranean

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds, Runners

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This trailing vine with cream-edged leaves carpets Mediterranean forest floors. Its stems root wherever they touch soil to form an endless, interconnected network.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Vinca

Species

Vinca major