North Carolina Wildflowers

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Asteraceae > Galactia (milkpea)

Galactia regularis (Eastern Milkpea)
Sandhills Game Land, Richmond Co., NC
4 Aug 2016
Galactia regularis (Eastern Milkpea)
Sandhills Game Land, Richmond Co., NC
4 Aug 2016

This Zarucco Duskywing is laying eggs on this milkpea.

Galactia regularis (Eastern Milkpea)
Sandhills Game Land, Richmond Co., NC
4 Aug 2016

Shiny leaves

Galactia regularis (Eastern Milkpea)
Sandhills Game Land, Richmond Co., NC
4 Aug 2016

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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