Phytologia (A ug 2004) 86(2) 7 1 



Galactia P. Br. Milk Peas 1 



1. Leaves pinnately compound, leaflets 5-9; flowers ivory-white; vining 

 perennial herb. Moist to dry thickets, open woodlands, roadsides. 

 Peninsula, throughout (excl. Dade, Monroe Cos.); common. Spring- 

 summer-fall. 

 ELLIOTT' S MILK PEA. Galactia elliottii Nutt. 



1. Leaves trifoliolate; flowers pink to red or purple. 



2. Stems erect or decumbent, bending alternately (zigzag) at the 

 nodes; flowers pale purple to white; perennial herb. Moist to dry 

 open sandy pinelands. Panhandle (east to Leon, Suwannee Cos.); 

 infrequent. Spring-summer. [?G. brachypoda Torr. & Gray] 



Galactia erecta (Walt.) Vail 



2. Stems prostrate or climbing and twining, not bending alternately 

 at the nodes. 



3 . Stems prostrate, trailing, or scrambling on low vegetation (or, if 

 vigorously climbing, flowers >13 mm. long). 



4. Petioles usually less than 1.5 cm. long; flowers mostly 1-3 per 

 panicle; trailing perennial herb. Dry sandy pinelands. West 

 and central panhandle (east to Liberty, Gadsden Cos.); 

 infrequent. Summer. [G. floridana Torr. & Gray var. 

 microphylla Chapm.; G. microphylla (Chapm.) Rogers ex 

 Isely] 



Galactia minor Duncan 



4. Petioles usually greater than 2 cm. long; flowers 5 or more per 

 panicle. 



1 . The "amplified key" format employed here is designed to present in compact form the 

 basic morphological framework of a conventional dichotomous key, as well as data on 

 habitat, range, and frequency. This paper is a continuation of a series begun in the 1970s 

 (vide Phytologia 35:404-413. 1977). 



