Periwinkle
【Encyclopedia of Plants】
Latin name: Catharanthus roseus
Oleander family Periwinkle genus
Aliases: Thirty Thousand Flowers, Daily New, Daily Spring, Daily Grass, Wild Goose Red
The plant encyclopedia brought to you in this issue is called periwinkle, also known as the daily red, alum flower, and five-petal plum. Oleander family, genus Periwinkle. Native to eastern Africa, it is now widely cultivated throughout China. Periwinkle, a perennial evergreen subshrub-like herb, can reach a height of 20 to 60 cm. The stem is erect, nearly square, and multi-branched. The leaves are opposite, often oval-shaped, with short petioles, full margins, smooth and glabrous on both sides, and the main veins are distinctly white, thick green and shiny. The petals are solitary or several axillary, with a high-legged disc-shaped corolla with five flattened corolla lobes with dark holes in the center of the flowers. The fruit, a catalpa fruit, twin, upright, parallel or slightly forked, is often about 2.5 cm and 3 mm in diameter.
【Poetry Flower Appreciation】
One branch is only thankful for one branch Yin, and it is not idle in spring work.
Even if the peony is called absolutely gorgeous, it will be time to end up in the film.
-Zhu Shuzhen, "Periwinkle"
【Interesting Flowers and Plants】
Periwinkle has nothing to do with Changchun City. The hometown of periwinkle is in Madagascar, Africa, and prefers a warm climate, so it is only common in South China and Southeast China, and it is almost not found in the cold city of Changchun in Shenyang. So why is Chinese named Periwinkle? This may be related to its flowering period, periwinkle flowering period is long, like forever blooming in spring, so it is also called periwinkle.
【One flower and one person】
Periwinkles that bloom almost all year round, it is not surprising that there will be such a name, and the periwinkle also has a name called Thousand Sun Red.
【Plant care.】
Periwinkles prefer to grow in environments with plenty of sunshine, high temperatures and humid climates. Winter is very afraid of cold, be sure to do a good job of keeping warm Oh ~ ~
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Changchun Changchun, it is best to have spring in all four seasons. In the periwinkle, the law of the four seasons seems useless, and its opening fills almost every day with color. Of course, the more beautiful things will be more dangerous, and periwinkles are extremely toxic. Although it is beautiful, don't look at it and want to take a bite.