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Galactia texana

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Scheele) A. Gray

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Paraguay
• New Mexico
• Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Montane
• riverside
• dunes
• plains
• prairies

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Twining subshrub or prostrate vine with pubescent stems. Pubescent trifoliate mucronulate leaves, leaflets to 50mm long, puberulent above & silky beneath. Panicles or few-flowered racemes of red-violet flowers, 5mm long calyx. Slightly falcate hirsute pods to 60mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• USNH