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Erect Milkpea

Galactia brachypoda

Erect milkpea is a native North American legume, a small, upright herbaceous plant in the pea and bean family, grown mainly as a wildflower or native garden plant. It thrives in sunny, well-drained sites and needs little care once established.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly until established, then only during prolonged dry spells.
Soil
Sandy or well-drained soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Hardy in warm temperate and subtropical climates; protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Easy

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Galactia brachypoda, is a flowering plant.

It is native to areas including in Florida.

Other Galactia plants

Elliott's milkpea · Erect milkpea · Soft milkpea · Eastern milkpea · Small's milkpea · Galactia tenuiflora · Downy milkpea · Milkpea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galactia brachypoda by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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