Galactia microphylla
littleleaf milkpea
procumbent, not twining, herbaceous to lignescent, hirsute-villous, hairs irregularly to strongly deflexed, rarely nearly appressed-retrorse.
3, blades elliptic, 10–30 × 5–16 mm, herbaceous, veins not raised, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces glossy, glaucous, and sparsely short-strigose abaxially with appressed to ascending hairs, strigose to glabrescent or glabrate adaxially.
flowers solitary and axillary or 2–6 in reduced pseudoracemes;
axis 10–20 mm.
calyx 3–4 mm, closely strigulose, lobes greenish yellow to tan on inner surface when dry;
corolla not persisting after anthesis, light purple, lighter when dry, 6–7 mm.
straight, 25–45 × 4–5 mm, short-hirsute, hairs spreading.
3–8.
Galactia microphylla
Galactia microphylla is characterized by its prostrate habit, hirsute-villous stems, and relatively small leaves; it is known from the western Florida panhandle and adjacent Alabama. Compared to G. floridana, G. microphylla has shorter internodes, smaller and thinner leaves light green on both surfaces and glaucous beneath, shorter inflorescences with fewer flowers, and minutely and closely strigillose calyces.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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