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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia volubilis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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This species is what used to be called G. macreei, which in many older references and manuals was lumped into G. volubilis in the "old" and broad sense. This is usually a strongly climbing vine that can reach 4-5 feet long. The stem has some hairs, and these may be backward slanting (retrorse) hairs, but it is not as villous/hairy as stems of G. regularis. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galactia regularis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia volubilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)
Galactia volubilis
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 volubilis var. volubilis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galactia regularis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Galactia regularis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-004:
Galactia regularis FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Galactia regularis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia brachypoda
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia brevipes
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia regularis
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Milkpea, Common Milkpea
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gare2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm080713_119
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
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July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
G. volubilis (syn = G. glabella & G. macreei) has narrowly oblong leaflets, per Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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JK Marlow jkm080713_121b
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
G. volubilis, large-flowered taxon known elsewhere as macreei or regularis, per Keys to the Flora of Florida - 10, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm080713_123
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Flower 10-14mm long, per Keys to the Flora of Florida - 10, Galactia (Leguminosae) (Ward & Hall, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galactia volubilis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galactia regularis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galactia volubilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of Galactia (Fabaceae) in the USA (Nesom, 2015)
Galactia volubilis
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 volubilis var. volubilis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Galactia regularis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Galactia regularis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-50-004:
Galactia regularis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Galactia regularis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia brachypoda
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia brevipes
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galactia regularis
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Herbaceous vine, climbing or sprawling, twining
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry forests and openings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink
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!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p205
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p039?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p040?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p194
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p171?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p078-79?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p078
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