Vinca minor
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Vinca minor is a low-growing evergreen groundcover plant with glossy leaves and violet-blue flowers, commonly used in gardens and landscaping.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vinca minor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6371286 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vinca minor Context triple: [Lesser periwinkle, binomialName, Vinca minor]
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A.
Ajuga reptans
Ajuga reptans is a low-growing perennial flowering plant, commonly known as bugleweed, valued as a groundcover for its dense foliage and blue flower spikes.
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B.
Glechoma hederacea
Glechoma hederacea is a creeping perennial herb in the mint family commonly known as ground-ivy, often found in lawns and woodland edges across Europe and parts of North America.
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C.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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D.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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E.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vinca minor Target entity description: Vinca minor is a low-growing evergreen groundcover plant with glossy leaves and violet-blue flowers, commonly used in gardens and landscaping.
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A.
Ajuga reptans
Ajuga reptans is a low-growing perennial flowering plant, commonly known as bugleweed, valued as a groundcover for its dense foliage and blue flower spikes.
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B.
Glechoma hederacea
Glechoma hederacea is a creeping perennial herb in the mint family commonly known as ground-ivy, often found in lawns and woodland edges across Europe and parts of North America.
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C.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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D.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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E.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evergreen groundcover
ⓘ
flowering plant ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| commonName |
common periwinkle
ⓘ
creeping myrtle ⓘ dwarf periwinkle ⓘ lesser periwinkle ⓘ |
| containsCompound | alkaloids ⓘ |
| family | Apocynaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
blue
ⓘ
violet-blue ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | spring ⓘ |
| flowerShape | star-like ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial ⓘ |
| genus | Vinca ⓘ |
| growthForm |
low-growing
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mat-forming ⓘ |
| hardiness | cold-hardy in temperate climates ⓘ |
| invasiveness | can be invasive in some regions ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafAppearance | glossy ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| lifespan | perennial ⓘ |
| lightRequirement |
full shade
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| maintenanceLevel | low maintenance ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Europe
ⓘ
western Asia ⓘ
linked to:
Western Asia
|
| order | Gentianales ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
division
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seed ⓘ stem cuttings ⓘ |
| reBlooming | may sporadically re-bloom in summer ⓘ |
| rootType | adventitious roots on stems ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
moderately fertile soil
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| spreadMechanism | creeping stems ⓘ |
| spreadRate | fast-spreading ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerance |
drought-tolerant once established
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shade-tolerant ⓘ urban conditions tolerant ⓘ |
| toxicity | toxic if ingested ⓘ |
| toxicityTarget |
humans
ⓘ
pets ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
erosion control
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garden borders ⓘ groundcover ⓘ landscaping ⓘ ornamental plant ⓘ understory planting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vinca minor Description of subject: Vinca minor is a low-growing evergreen groundcover plant with glossy leaves and violet-blue flowers, commonly used in gardens and landscaping.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.