SCIENTIFIC NAME: PUCCINIA VINCAE
VERNACULAR NAME: PERIWINKLE RUST

Fig 1
DESCRIPTION

Numerous raised chocolate brown lesions are somewhat rounded and found primarily on the underside of the host's leaves.

SPORES Uredospores are brown, thick walled, ellipsoid to ovoid, minutely echinulate. (Link)
HABITAT On the leaves of Greater Periwinkle especially in damp areas.
SEASON Frequent. April to July.

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