Species profile—Catharanthus roseus (pink periwinkle)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Apocynaceae → Catharanthus roseus (pink periwinkle)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Scientific name
- Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
- Common name
- pink periwinkle
- WildNet taxon ID
- 17710
- Alternate name(s)
- Madagascar periwinkle
rosey periwinkle
rose periwinkle
old maid flower
graveyard plant
bright-eyes
rosy periwinkle - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=17710
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.