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Digital Herbaria

Galactia texana

Galactia texana (Scheele) A. Gray

Texas Milkpea

Fabaceae (Pea Family)

USDA Symbol: GATE
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)







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Specimen & Label Data

Galactia texana

Texas Milkpea

Fabaceae

Location: Medina River Ranch, Gate 9, 150 m inside gate.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Under growth of Quercus, Cornus, Sapindus; in damp alkaline alluvial soil.

Description: Long trailing, eventually twining vine. Leaflets 3, ovate-elliptic, rounded basally; emarginate, but with a mucronulate tip apically, 30x45 mm. Leaves long petiolate, infloresence axillary, 1-2 racemes to 10 cm long with well spaced corollas in 3's. Plant hirsute on stems, leaves, sepals. Corolla wings lavender.

County: Medina
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 6, 1992
Specimen number: 444

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0653
Accession Date: Feb 22, 1994
Accession Number: 48

Annotations: SCXXM

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