Galactia floridana / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Characteristics

Classification

Dicots

Family

FABACEAE

Genus

Galactia

Species

Galactia floridana Torr. & A. Gray

Common Name

FLORIDA MILKPEA

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

Galactia floridana is characterized by its large flowers and villous stem vestiture. Two USF specimens collected from nearly the same time and place (Lakela 30270, 30273) show stem nodes which are near the main root putting down adventitious roots. As whole plants of Galactia with roots are rarely collected, it is uncertain if this is a unique or frequent habit of G. floridana (Nesom 2015, 2017).

Status

Native

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