Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The "new" G. volubilis ("old" regularis) apparently occurs throughout the Coastal Plain. However, to further confuse matters, two "new" species -- Galactia brachypoda and G. minor -- have been split from G. volubilis. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Galactia volubilis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galactia regularis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Galactia volubilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Keys to the flora of Florida, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004)
Galactia volubilis var. volubilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Galactia regularis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-004:
Galactia regularis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Milkpea, Common Milkpea
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Look for it in sandhills, other dry forests and openings, per Weakley's Flora
Herbaceous vine, climbing or sprawling, twining
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Leaflets have petiolules.
Leaflets are subtended by stipels.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Galactia volubilis FAMILY Fabaceae
Smooth Milkpea, Common Milkpea
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The "new" G. volubilis ("old" regularis) apparently occurs throughout the Coastal Plain. However, to further confuse matters, two "new" species -- Galactia brachypoda and G. minor -- have been split from G. volubilis. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Click the thumbnails to see larger pictures.
JK Marlow jkm080713_121
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
G. volubilis (syn = G. glabella & G. macreei) has narrowly oblong leaflets, per Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
JK Marlow jkm080713_121b
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
G. volubilis, large-flowered taxon known elsewhere as macreei or regularis, per Keys to the Flora of Florida - 10, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004).
JK Marlow jkm080713_123
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Flower 10-14mm long, per Keys to the Flora of Florida - 10, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004).