Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Catharanthus roseus
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Madagascar Periwinkle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catharanthus roseus
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-04-003:
Vinca rosea
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Catharanthus roseus
COMMON NAME:
Madagascar Periwinkle, Rosy-periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine
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October Miami-Dade County FL
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October Miami-Dade County FL
(The plant is the source of a powerful anti-leukemia drug) Flower >20mm across, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Catharanthus roseus
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Catharanthus roseus
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-04-003:
Vinca rosea
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Catharanthus roseus
3953
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Non-native: Madagascar (now a pantropical weed)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in disturbed areas. It is persistent after cultivation or as a waif or "throwout" after cultivation, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rose-pink
Peduncles 2-4mm long
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
Flowers (1-2) in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Paired follicles
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!