Galactia elliottii
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White Milkpea
Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Plant Specifics
Form: | Vine | |
Size: | 1 ft tall by can sprawl across many ft wide | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | White | |
Fruit Color: | Brown | |
Phenology: | Deciduous | |
Noted for: | Showy flowers |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | This sprawling vine has the potential to be used as a groundcover. It also could be trained on the lower parts of fences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Seed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Friends, Seed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil pH: | Acidic |
Ecology
Wildlife: |
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Insects: | Attracts bees including Halictus ligatus, Nolnia maneei, Megachile exilis parexilis, M. georgica, M. rnendica and M. petzclans (Deyrup et al. 2002). | |
Native Habitats: | Dry, sandy ruderal sites, dry flatwoods, sandhill, relatively open xeric to dry mesic hammocks. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
General Comments: | Rarely planted and hence likely to be difficult to acquire. |