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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Galactia brachypoda
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Galactia brachypoda
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 (2/8/20):
Galactia brachypoda
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Galactia brachypoda
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere) (an endemic)
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, xeric hammocks, dry oak woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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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:
Legume
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