Periwinkle

Periwinkle may refer to:

Animals

• Periwinkle, a common name for a number of gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae
  • Common periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
  • Blue periwinkle (Nodilittorina unifasciata)
  • Rough periwinkle (Littorina saxatilis)
• Periwinkle, a regional name for the caddisfly larva

Plants

The common name of plants in two genera in the family Apocynaceae:

• Catharanthus or Madagascar periwinkles
• Vinca or European periwinkles

Other uses

• Periwinkle (color), a pale shade of blue
• Periwinkle, a character in Blue's Clues
• Periwinkle, a character in The Bellflower Bunnies
• Periwinkle, a character in Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings
• Periwinkle, the main character in Patricia A. McKillip's book, The Changeling Sea

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