| English | common periwinkle | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | lesser periwinkle | | | 1 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
| English | running-myrtle | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| Chinese | hua ye man chang chun hua | 小蔓长春花 | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
| English (Canada) | periwinkle | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 194. |
| French | petite pervenche | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French (Canada) | pervenche mineure | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 194. |
| German | kleines Immergrün | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | pervinca | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | vincapervinca | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | vintergröna | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transliterated Russian | barvinok malyj | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |