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Vinca rosea
Evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing to 1 m tall. The leaves are oval to oblong, 2.5–9 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad, glossy green, hairless, with a pale midrib and a short petiole 1–1.8 cm long; they are arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are white to dark pink with a darker red centre, white without the red center, redish with a lighter center. The flowers have a basal tube 2.5-3 cm long and a corolla 2–5 cm diameter with five petal-like lobes. The fruit is a pair of follicles 2–4 cm long and 3 mm broad.
Beijo de mulata (Portuguese).
Spotted on Aug 5, 2004
Submitted on Oct 15, 2011
4 Comments
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So now you can add that to your description too :-)
I've seen them too and have uploaded a spotting with them:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/752...
Interestingly, I also have occasional solid white specimens with no red center.