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Catharanthus roseus is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing 1 m (39 in) tall. The leaves are oval to oblong, 2.5–9 cm (1.0–3.5 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.4–1.4 in) wide, glossy green, hairless, with a pale midrib and a short petiole 1–1.8 cm (0.4–0.7 in) long; they are arranged in opposite pairs.
Vinca difformis in habitat, Cáceres, Spain. Vinca plants are subshrubs or herbaceous, and have slender trailing stems 1–2 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) long but not growing more than 20–70 cm (8– 27 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) above ground; the stems frequently take root where they touch the ground, enabling the plant to spread widely.
Periwinkle, a character in Blue's Clues; Periwinkle, a character in The Bellflower Bunnies; Periwinkle, a character in the 2012 animated film Secret of the Wings from Disney, Tinker Bell's twin sister; Periwinkle, the main character in Patricia A. McKillip's book The Changeling Sea
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Over 300 different species of bird have been observed at this location. The Coastal Center is located on an 8.4-acre (34,000 m 2) barrier beach—the Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge & Bird Sanctuary—and is situated next to the 840-acre (3.4 km 2) Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Housatonic River.
C. roseus may refer to: Carpodacus roseus, the Pallas's rosefinch, a bird species; Catharanthus roseus, the Madagascar periwinkle, a plant species endemic to Madagascar; Cotoneaster roseus, a plant species native to portions of the Himalayas, Iran, northern and western Pakistan, northwest India and Kashmir
Catharanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae.Like the genus Vinca, they are known commonly as periwinkles. [3] There are eight known species. Seven are endemic to Madagascar, [4] though one, C. roseus, is widely naturalized around the world.
The arboretum began when the 16.5 acres of land was gifted to Cora Hartshorn in 1923 by Stewart Hartshorn on undeveloped woodland of oaks, tulip trees, dogwood, and beech. She designed a system of roads and walking paths; by 1938 there were 3 miles (4.8 km) of paths. In 1958, Cora died, and she willed the arboretum to the township. [1]