Galactia purshii

Characteristics

Dicots
FABACEAE
Galactia
Galactia purshii Desv.
PURSH'S MILKPEA
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This taxon is characterized by its large flowers and appressed stem vestiture, and is mostly confined to the Florida peninsula and Atlantic Coastal Plain. It has gone by many different names that are considered misapplied here, G. brachypoda (Nesom 2015, 2017), G. glabella (Duncan 1979), G. regularis (Vail 1895), and G. volubilis (Ward & Hall 2004; Wunderlin & Hansen 2011). The earliest available, legitimate name, G. purshii, makes G. michauxii a later synonym (Franck 2017).
Native
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Classification

FABALES
FABACEAE
Galactia
Galactia purshii Desv. - PURSH'S MILKPEA

Citation

GALACTIA PURSHII Desvaux, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9: 413. 1826.
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Carol. [Carolina] mer. [meridionale], Fraser s.n. (lectotype, G [G00726366]). Lectotypified by Franck, PhytoKeys 85: 12. 2017.
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Plant Photos

Galactia purshii - 5
Galactia purshii - Alan R. Franck View Full Size
Galactia purshii - 5
Galactia purshii - Alan R. Franck View Full Size
Galactia purshii - 5
Galactia purshii - Alan R. Franck View Full Size
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Galactia purshii - Glenn Fleming View Full Size
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Galactia purshii - Shirley Denton View Full Size
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Galactia purshii - Walter K. Taylor View Full Size
Galactia purshii - 5
Galactia purshii - Alan R. Franck View Full Size
Galactia purshii - 5
Galactia purshii - Alan R. Franck View Full Size