OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia erecta   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galactia erecta   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)

Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys to the flora of Florida, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004)

Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Changes in Galactia (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern US (Duncan, 1979)

Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-002:

Galactia erecta   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Galactia erecta

 

COMMON NAME:
Erect Milkpea


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image of Galactia erecta, Erect Milkpea

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgerecta_oceanbay2

May    Horry County    SC

Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve

The Sandhills' only milkpea that stands erect & only one with white flowers, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Galactia erecta, Erect Milkpea

Will Stuart    wil_g_erecta_0375_zoom

July    Richmond    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

White, pea-shaped, half-inch flowers grow in small clusters from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Galactia erecta, Erect Milkpea

Will Stuart    wil_galactia_erecta_0375

July    Richmond    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Galactia erecta, Erect Milkpea

Will Stuart    wil_galactia_erecta_0394

July    Richmond    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Developing flowers buds are covered in dense fine hairs. — Will Stuart

image of Galactia erecta, Erect Milkpea

Will Stuart    wil_galactia_erecta_5484

July    Richmond    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Blossoms develop in dense clusters from leaf axils. — Will Stuart

image of Galactia erecta, Erect Milkpea

Will Stuart    wil_galactia_erecta_5511

July    Richmond    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Leaves few, divided into 3 narrow glabrous leaflets, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound

image of Galactia erecta, Erect Milkpea

Will Stuart    wil_galactia_erecta_5516

July    Richmond    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Leaves rise above the axillary inflorescence on a long petiole. — Will Stuart

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia erecta   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galactia erecta   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)
Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys to the flora of Florida, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004)
Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Changes in Galactia (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern US (Duncan, 1979)
Galactia erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-002:
Galactia erecta   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia erecta

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2478

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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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
Pale violet/ White
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary

Flowers in axillary clusters

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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