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Galactia volubilis
Also called Milkpea, Eastern Milkpea
Galactia volubilis is a trailing or twining perennial vine in the pea family, native to the southeastern United States, where it grows in dry sandhills and open pine forests. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so the key is to give it a sunny, well-drained spot with support to climb.
Galactia volubilis, commonly known as McRee's milkpea, is a trailing or twining perennial herbaceous vine in the family Fabaceae, native to the southeastern United States.
Galactia volubilis is found in xeric areas with hot, wet summers and mild, dry winters. It is distributed from southeastern Virginia south to South Florida and west to central Arkansas and eastern Texas, and grows in longleaf pine sandhills and other dry forests and openings.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galactia volubilis 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.
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.
