Galactia texana
Galactia fasciculata
Texas milkpea
large trailing milkpea
climbing-twining, proximally lignescent, hirsute-strigose to strigose, hairs loosely appressed, retrorse.
climbing-twining, strongly lignescent, loosely strigose, hairs loosely appressed, retrorse.
3, blades elliptic to broadly elliptic or oblong-elliptic, (15–)20–42 × 10–25(–32) mm, herbaceous, veins raised or not on both surfaces, apex obtuse to rounded or shallowly retuse, surfaces not glaucous, sparsely strigose with closely appressed hairs to softly hirsute with ascending hairs abaxially, glabrous to sparsely strigose adaxially.
3, blades elliptic, broadly elliptic, or suborbiculate, (12–)25–45(–64) × 10–30(–39) mm, leathery, veins not raised, apex rounded to obtuse, sometimes retuse, surfaces short-strigulose and lighter abaxially, glabrous and darker adaxially.
flowers solitary and axillary or 2–5 in reduced pseudoracemes;
axis 1–4(–40) mm.
flowers (3–)6–25, fasciculate in pseudoracemes along distal 1/2–3/4 of rachis;
axis (10–)30–160 mm.
calyx 6 mm, loosely strigose to hirsute-strigose or hirsute;
corolla pink, rose, reddish, or purple-cream, 8–11 mm.
calyx 6–7 mm, sparsely minutely strigose to glabrate;
corolla lavender or purplish to pinkish, 11–14(–15) mm.
falcate, 30–60 × 4–6 mm, sparsely minutely strigulose, hairs closely appressed.
straight, 30–60 × 4–6 mm, densely short-strigose to strigose-sericeous, hairs loosely appressed.
(3–)6–10.
5–9.
Galactia texana
Galactia fasciculata
In Texas, Galactia texana is known from east-central counties southwestward to the Big Bend region.
Galactia texana is characterized by its twining stems, relatively short, few-flowered inflorescences, and falcate fruits.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Galactia fasciculata, which is widespread in central peninsular Florida, is distinguished by lignescent, twining and high-climbing stems with densely and loosely retrorse-strigose vestiture, coriaceous leaves dark and glossy adaxially, and short inflorescences with relatively large, densely clustered flowers. It has sometimes been identified as G. floridana; the latter is distinct from G. fasciculata in its prostrate habit, persistently hairy adaxial leaf surfaces, elongate inflorescences with distally positioned flowers, and villous calyces.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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