Lesser Periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Family: Apocynaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Prostrate, Spreading or horizontal, Variable spread.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

None known. — Harvested fresh in season according to PFAF botanical monograph.

Habitat & North American Range

Fields, woodland edges, copses and hedgerows. Ash and oak-hornbeam woods on better soils in central Europe. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)