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Lesser Periwinkle

Lesser Periwinkle on a bank, West Dorset

Individual flowers

Flower with wedge-shaped petals

Side view showing corolla tube and calyx

Close-up of hairless calyx lobes 

Close-up of opened up corolla tube - Stylar column,

overlapping anthers, nectaries and carpels

Close-up of stamen - angled filament and the

anther overlapping the stylar head

Close-up from above of anthers, a filament, the

plume on the stylar disc and the stigmatic band

White form of Lesser Periwinkle, West Dorset

Close-up of flower

Side view of corolla tube and calyx

Close-up of hairless sepals

 

Dark green, leathery, opposite leaves

Spreading stem shoots