Common Name:
PERIWINKLE, MYRTLE
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
*
Coefficient of Wetness:
5
Wetness Index:
UPL
Physiognomy:
Ad Shrub
C. Peirce
A native of Europe, much cultivated and often spreading along roadsides and into forests and thickets, sometimes abundant and long-persisting, out-competing native vegetation. First collected in 1888 in Ingham Co.
Fruit is uncommon and spread is mostly vegetative. While white and purple flowered or variegated leaved forms are sometimes cultivated, all our wild growing collections of green-leaved, blue-flowered plants.
Locations
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Alcona County
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Alger County
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Allegan County
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Antrim County
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Baraga County
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Barry County
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Benzie County
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Berrien County
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Branch County
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Cheboygan County
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Chippewa County
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Clinton County
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Crawford County
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Eaton County
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Emmet County
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Grand Traverse County
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Gratiot County
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Hillsdale County
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Houghton County
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Ingham County
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Jackson County
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Kalamazoo County
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Kent County
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Keweenaw County
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Lake County
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Leelanau County
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Including Manitou Islands
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Lenawee County
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Mackinac County
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Marquette County
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Montcalm County
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Newaygo County
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Oakland County
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Ontonagon County
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Ottawa County
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Saginaw County
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St. Clair County
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Van Buren County
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Washtenaw County
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Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. June 1, 2020. https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=166.