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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia minor
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This entity was described as new in 1977 by Wilbur Duncan, but has been overlooked or included as part of the former Galactia "regularis" (now G. brachypoda). Thus, it is not well-known... Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galactia microphylla
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)
Galactia minor
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Galactia volubilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys to the flora of Florida, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004)
Galactia minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galactia microphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Galactia microphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Changes in Galactia (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern US (Duncan, 1979)
Galactia minor
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-004?:
Galactia regularis FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia floridana var. microphylla
COMMON NAME:
Littleleaf Milkpea, Little Milkpea
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia minor
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galactia microphylla
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)
Galactia minor
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Galactia volubilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Keys to the flora of Florida, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004)
Galactia minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galactia microphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Galactia microphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Changes in Galactia (Fabaceae) in the Southeastern US (Duncan, 1979)
Galactia minor
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-004?:
Galactia regularis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia floridana var. microphylla
4339
Herbaceous vine, trailing, mostly non-twining
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC, rare in NC
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: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Leaflets have petiolules.
Leaflets are subtended by stipels.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
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