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Sandhill Milkpea

Galactia brachypoda

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 Virginia.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 3, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States45
Virginia17
Maryland17
Delaware5
North Carolina2
South Carolina2
Alabama1
Georgia1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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 Sandhill Milkpea with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.