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
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
