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Galactia minor W.H. Duncan. Little Milkpea. Phen: Jun-Aug (-Oct); Jul-Oct. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills. Dist: Sc. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to s. MS.
ID notes: "Galactia minor is a distinct species with procumbent, antrorsely strigulose stems, small, congested leaves with glabrous adaxial surfaces and raised venation, few flowers on a short inflorescence axis, and relatively large corollas" (Nesom 2015).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, Duncan (1979), Franck (2017), Nesom (2015a), Ward & Hall (2004); = Galactia floridana Torr. & A.Gray var. microphylla Chapm. – S; = Galactia microphylla (Chapm.) Hall & Ward ex Isely – K1, SE3, Isely (1998); < Galactia regularis (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. – RAB, misapplied; < Galactia volubilis (L.) Britton – WH3
Links to other floras: = Galactia minor - FNA11.1
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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