Galactia erecta (Walter) Vail. Common name: Erect Milkpea. Phenology: Apr-Jul; Jul-Sep. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: Se. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to e. TX.
ID notes: "Galactia erecta is distinct in its erect habit, slender rhizomes, subsessile leaflets, and flowers in axillary-sessile clusters" (Nesom 2015).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl3, FNA11.1, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S, S13, SE3, Tx, WH3, Duncan (1979), Franck (2017), Isely (1998), Nesom (2015a), Ward & Hall (2004)
Links to other floras: = Galactia erecta - FNA11.1
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of dry longleaf pinelands, especially where regularly burned.
Stems: Stems slender, sparingly branched, sparsely hairy.
Leaves: Leaves few, alternate, long-petiolate, divided into 3 narrow leaflets, each 1-2 in. long and smooth.
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Flowers: Flowers in small clusters of 1-6 from leaf axils, white (sometimes lavender), about 1/2 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.
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Height: 8-16 in.
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description: Erect perennial of dry longleaf pinelands, especially where regularly burned.
stems: Stems slender, sparingly branched, sparsely hairy.
leaves: Leaves few, alternate, long-petiolate, divided into 3 narrow leaflets, each 1-2 in. long and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in small clusters of 1-6 from leaf axils, white (sometimes lavender), about 1/2 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.
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