Characteristics
Dicots
Galactia erecta (Walter)Vail
ERECT MILKPEA
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An erect plant with usually subsessile inflorescences, occasionally the inflorescence can be noticeably pedunculate, e.g. with the peduncle to 14 mm long in Harper s.n., 20 Jul 1897 (NY, 02569186).
Native
Citation
GALACTIA ERECTA (Walter) Vail, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 502. 1895.
Ervum erectum Walter 1788.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Georgetown Co.: Andrews, 10 Sep 1939, Godfrey 147 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: BH, DUKE, F, MO, NY, US). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 476. 2008.
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Plant Photos
Galactia erecta
- Guy Anglin
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Galactia erecta
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Galactia erecta
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Galactia erecta
- Alan R. Franck
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