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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia brachypoda
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This name replaces what in RAB (1968) and other publications was known as G. regularis. [See Nesom's "Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA" for details.] This is the most common of the non-twining species of Galactia in the NC Coastal Plain. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia brachypoda
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia michauxii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)
Galactia brachypoda
INCLUDED WITHIN Changes in Galactia (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern US (Duncan, 1979)
Galactia glabella
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-004?:
Galactia regularis FAMILY Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Pine-barren Milkpea
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia brachypoda
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia brachypoda
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia michauxii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)
Galactia brachypoda
INCLUDED WITHIN
Changes in Galactia (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern US (Duncan, 1979)
Galactia glabella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-004?:
Galactia regularis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
4338
Herbaceous vine, trailing, mostly non-twining
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, xeric hammocks, dry oak woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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
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