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Wright's Milkpea

Galactia wrightii

255 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 17, February 16, March 21, April 27, May 25, June 12, July 15, August 26, September 13, October 13, November 13, December 15.
United States316
Arizona207
New Mexico59
Texas50
Mexico7
Chihuahua3
Colima2
Sonora2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Vine growth formListed by a harvested source as having a vine or climbing growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusMilkpeas · Galactia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Wright's Milkpea with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.