Galactia volubilis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusGalactia
Species:Galactia volubilis (L.) Britton
Common NameDowny Milkpea
Growth Habitvine - forb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 3; Base Flower Color: Pink; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Type: Legume; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Bell (KY), Calloway (KY), Clinton (KY), Estill (KY), Garrard (KY), Jackson (KY), Laurel (KY), Trigg (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carroll (TN), Claiborne (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), McNairy (TN), Madison (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100426970 Bell Kentucky 14 Aug 1966 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Galactia volubilis
N/A Jackson Kentucky Joe Abner
91-222
EKY
Galactia volubilis
BEREA013534 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132740 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132768 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132780 White Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132707 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132700 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132777 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132734 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132757 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132873 Kentucky
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132723 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132765 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132745 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
31234100427077 Knox Tennessee 11 Aug 1977 H. DeSelm
Not Shown
EKY
Galactia volubilis
31234100426996 Clinton Kentucky 24 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-818
EKY
Galactia volubilis
ETSU005822 Unicoi Tennessee 07 Aug 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132783 White Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132762 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132729 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132711 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132706 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132731 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132758 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132701 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132770 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132720 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132779 White Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132726 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
BEREA013535 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Galactia volubilis
BEREA013536 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Galactia volubilis
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 11 Aug 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132697 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132709 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132754 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132705 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132746 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132748 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132767 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132727 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132703 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132761 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132732 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132742 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
31234100427002 Clinton Kentucky 14 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1166
EKY
Galactia volubilis
31234100427028 Clinton Kentucky 11 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
1180
EKY
Galactia volubilis
31234100427085 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5162
EKY
Galactia volubilis
ETSU005748 Unicoi Tennessee 09 Jul 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132749 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132716 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132696 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132784 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132713 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132766 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132728 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132714 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0210176 Tennessee A. Gattinger
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132769 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132738 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
31234100427069 Claiborne Tennessee 19 Jul 1978 H. DeSelm
EKY
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132856 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132708 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132730 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132710 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132715 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132764 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132756 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132743 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132874 Estill Kentucky
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132787 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132733 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132717 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132751 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132736 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
31234100426988 Clinton Kentucky 05 Jul 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-489
EKY
Galactia volubilis
31234100426947 Anderson Kentucky 08 Aug 1978 William S. Bryant
435
EKY
Galactia volubilis
31234100427010 Clinton Kentucky 21 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1228
EKY
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132786 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132760 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132722 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132778 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132774 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132772 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132773 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132698 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132712 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132775 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
UCHT017614 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Galactia volubilis
UCHT017612 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Galactia volubilis
31234100427044 Garrard Kentucky 26 Jul 2010 W. W. Overbeck
640
EKY
Galactia volubilis
BEREA013533 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132702 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132718 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132782 White Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132752 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132747 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132724 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132750 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132741 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132719 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132763 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
UCHT017616 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Galactia volubilis
HTTU027225 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Galactia volubilis
UCHT035375 Williamson Tennessee
UCHT
Galactia volubilis
HTTU027224 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Galactia volubilis
HTTU028313 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Galactia volubilis
HTTU027222 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Galactia volubilis
HTTU028312 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Galactia volubilis
UCHT032396 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Galactia volubilis
UCHT032395 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Galactia volubilis
N/A Jackson Kentucky Joe Abner
91-222
EKY
Galactia volubilis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 29 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Galactia volubilis
ETSU016841 Hamblen Tennessee
ETSU
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132704 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132699 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132771 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132737 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
HTTU023909 Kentucky
HTTU
Galactia volubilis
MTSU006058 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Jul 1984 R. J. Beel
28
MTSU
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132735 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132755 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
UCHT017615 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Galactia volubilis
UOS02768 Van Buren Tennessee 31 Jul 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Galactia volubilis
31234100427036 Estill Kentucky 10 Oct 1978 William H. Martin
EKY
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132759 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132781 White Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132739 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132725 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132753 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132776 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132785 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
017032 Van Buren Tennessee
BOON
Galactia volubilis
HTTU014930 Roane Tennessee
HTTU
Galactia volubilis
ETSU016842 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Galactia volubilis
ETSU016840 Hamblen Tennessee
ETSU
Galactia volubilis
UOS02765 Franklin Tennessee 11 Sep 2012 Jon Evans
UOS
Galactia volubilis
N/A Jackson Kentucky Joe Abner
91-222
EKY
Galactia volubilis
HTTU027223 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Galactia volubilis
ETSU026877 Hawkins Tennessee 29 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
191033
ETSU
Galactia volubilis
ETSU016839 Washington Tennessee 01 Sep 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132721 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
TENN-V-0132744 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Galactia volubilis
HTTU027226 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Galactia volubilis
UOS02767 Coffee Tennessee 18 Sep 1996 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
UOS
Galactia volubilis
UOS02766 Franklin Tennessee 29 Sep 2010 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Galactia volubilis
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