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FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
FabaceaeGalactia austrofloridensisGrisebach's MilkpeaPinelands, pine-palmetto, hammocks, weedy grasslands, sandy fields, beaches.S. FL (Miami-Dade, Lee, and Monroe counties); West Indies.
FabaceaeGalactia brachypodaSmooth Creeping MilkpeaLongleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, xeric hammocks, dry oak woodlands.NJ south to s. FL.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
FabaceaeGalactia canescensHoary MilkpeaSandy soils.TX, COA, NLE, TAM, VER.
FabaceaeGalactia elliottiiElliott's MilkpeaPine-live oak flats, slash pine flats, Florida scrub and dry prairie, pine flatwoods, marshes and marsh edges, peat bogs, ditches, roadsides, spoil areas, marl, sandy peat, white sands.S. SC south to s. FL. Discovered in 2021 at base of planted Sabal palmetto in landscaping on Oak Island (Brunswick County), NC; presumably brought in on nursery material raised in FL or GA and probably spread to other areas via planting of cabbage palms.image of plant
(c) Ward, Scott G
FabaceaeGalactia erectaErect MilkpeaLongleaf pine sandhills.Se. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to e. TX.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
FabaceaeGalactia fasciculataLarge Trailing MilkpeaSand-pine scrub, dunes and hills with sand pine-oak, oak-hickory, scrubby flatwoods, river banks with live oak, longleaf pine, and saw palmetto, disturbed areas.Endemic to FL peninsula.
FabaceaeGalactia floridanaFlorida MilkpeaLongleaf pine sandhills and other xeric sands.S. GA south to s. FL, west to s. MS.image of plant
(c) Horn, Jay
FabaceaeGalactia heterophyllaGray's MilkpeaSandy loam, prairies.C. and s. TX.
FabaceaeGalactia longifoliaLongleaf MilkpeaCoastal prairies.Se. TX; South America.
FabaceaeGalactia microphyllaLittleleaf MilkpeaDunes, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub.S. AL and adjacent w. Panhandle FL.image of plant
(c) Diamond, Alvin - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
FabaceaeGalactia minorLittle MilkpeaLongleaf pine sandhills.Sc. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to s. MS.image of plant
© LSU Herbarium staff
FabaceaeGalactia mollisSoft Sandhill Milk-peaLongleaf pine sandhills, in loamy flats or swales.Se. NC south to c. peninsular FL, west to Panhandle FL and se. AL.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
FabaceaeGalactia pinetorumPineland MilkpeaPine rocklands.Endemic to s. FL (Brevard, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties).image of plant
(c) Bradley, Keith
FabaceaeGalactia regularisEastern Milkpea, Downy MilkpeaDry forests and woodlands, scrubby flatwoods (FL).Se. NY west to MO and OK, south to s. FL and se. TX.image of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
FabaceaeGalactia smalliiSmall's MilkpeaPine rocklands.S. FL.
FabaceaeGalactia striataFlorida Hammock MilkpeaHammocks, mangroves, thickets, scrubland, disturbed areas.Peninsular FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.image of plant
(c) Bradley, Keith
FabaceaeGalactia texanaTexas MilkpeaCalcareous canyons and stream-bottoms.Edwards Plateau and adjacent areas, TX; ne. Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM); allegedly also native in s. South America.
FabaceaeGalactia volubilisMcRee's MilkpeaLongleaf pine sandhills, other dry forests and openings.Se. VA south to s. FL, west to c. AR and e. TX.image of plant
(c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG