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Galactia erecta
Galactia erecta, or erect milkpea, is a species in the family Fabaceae, belonging to the genus Galactia, which includes trailing, twining, or climbing perennial vines, as well as erect herbaceous or rarely shrubby forms. It is native to the southeastern United States.
Erect milkpea is found from southeastern North Carolina south to the Florida Panhandle, and west to eastern Texas. It grows in longleaf pine sandhill communities.
Erect Milkpea · Elliott's milkpea · Soft milkpea · Eastern milkpea · Small's milkpea · Galactia tenuiflora · Downy milkpea · Milkpea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galactia erecta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
