Vinca difformisPourr.

WFO wfo-0000332765 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vinca difformis, photographed by Paulo Martins
fig. a Paulo Martins, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-07 / obs. 195607021
Vinca difformis, photographed by carnifex
fig. b carnifex, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202644495
Vinca difformis, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. c Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191864666
Vinca difformis, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. d Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184537160
Vinca difformis, photographed by pavlaki1968
fig. e pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183570907
Vinca difformis, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. f Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183034982
Vinca difformis, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. g Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182890751
Vinca difformis, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. h Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182874244

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Vinca difformis is native: Algeria, Azores, Morocco, Tunisia, Baleares, Corse, France, Italy, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaCorseFranceItalyPortugalSpain AzoresBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Vinca difformis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
France FRA
Italy ITA
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Spain SPA
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Pervinca media Caruel
  • Pervinca sicula Raf.
  • Vinca acutiflora Bertol.
  • Vinca major Brot.
  • Vinca major subsp. difformis (Pourr.) M.Laínz
  • Vinca media Hoffmanns. & Link
  • Vinca media var. acutiflora (Bertol.) Nyman
  • Vinca obtusiflora Pau
  • Vinca sardoa (Stearn) Pignatti

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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