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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia elliottii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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This is the only Galactia with leaves not with 3 leaflets; plants have 5-9 leaflets.... Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galactia elliottii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys to the flora of Florida, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Changes in Galactia (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern US (Duncan, 1979)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-001:
Galactia elliottii FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Milkpea
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgelliottii_bluffton
Month Unknown Beaufort County SC
SC's only Galactia that has compound leaves with more than 3 leaflets, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgelliottii_blufftonb
Month Unknown Beaufort County SC
Corolla white with red striations, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia elliottii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galactia elliottii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Keys to the flora of Florida, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Changes in Galactia (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern US (Duncan, 1979)
Galactia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-001:
Galactia elliottii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia elliottii
2569
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Pine-live oak flats, slash pine flats, Florida scrub, marshes and marsh edges, peat bogs, ditches, roadsides, spoil areas, marl, sandy peat, white sands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia (introduced in NC)
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Leaflets have petiolules.
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
Leaflets are subtended by stipels.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
with red striations
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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p257
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p361
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p039
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p193
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