Galactia volubilis (L.)Britton

Eastern Milkpea

Florida native

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Common in sandhills and open hammocks throughout much of Florida. The range of downy milkpea includes most of the eastern United States, west to Texas and Kansas and northeast to New York & New Jersey.

This species is a host plant for the cassius blue butterfly - Leptotes cassius theonus - also called the tropical striped blue.

Galactia volubilis is a member of the Fabaceae - Pea family.

Other species of the Galactia genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
  Galactia elliottii - ELLIOTT'S MILKPEA
  Galactia mollis - SOFT MILKPEA
  Galactia purshii - PURSH'S MILKPEA
  Galactia regularis - DOWNY MILKPEA

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species

iNaturalist profile for this species

USDA Plant Profile for this species

Date record last modified: Aug 04, 2023