Characteristics
Dicots
Galactia volubilis (L.)Britton
EASTERN MILKPEA
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This species is characterized by its strongly vining habit, stems usually obliquely retrorsely hispid to strigose, and relatively large flowers. This name had recently been misapplied to mostly prostrate plants (Ward & Hall 2004; Wunderlin & Hansen 2011), currently referred to here as G. purshii (Franck 2017).
Native
FACU (NWPL)
Citation
GALACTIA VOLUBILIS (Linnaeus) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 208. 1894.
Hedysarum volubile Linnaeus 1753.
Without data (lectotype: Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. t. 143(170). 1732). Lectotypified by Reveal & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 58: 979. 2009. EPITYPE: FLORIDA, Lafayette Co., NFMYC [North Florida Methodist Youth Camp, Mayo], 13 Jun 1964, Caudle et al. 5744 (epitype, USF; probable isoepitypes, Caudle et al. 5292A, FLAS, Caudle et al. 5292B, FTG). Epitypified by Franck, PhytoKeys 85: 19. 2017.
Species Distribution Map
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