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eastern milk-pea

Galactia regularis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 14, February 17, March 16, April 25, May 25, June 15, July 34, August 12, September 15, October 15, November 11, December 13.
United States1,771
North Carolina190
Texas147
Virginia122
Arkansas119
Georgia101
Missouri96
Kentucky91
New Jersey91
South Carolina87

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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

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