Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

Scientific Name:
Common Name(s):
Catharanthus roseus
Madagascar periwinkle
Height:
Leaves:
Flowers:
Bark:
Fruit:
Other:
Treatment:
3 ft or less
Slight hair on top and bottom of dark green oblong leaf with a lightcolored
midrib,
Pink, purple or white 5 petals opening to a colored centerd
N/A
Often sold as a ground cover at landscape nurseries. Moves into beach dunes
Hand pulled
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