Galactia elliottii
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.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Somewhat moist, no flooding ---- to ---- Somewhat long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand
Suitable to Grow In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators
Attracts bees including Halictus ligatus, Nolnia maneei, Megachile exilis parexilis, M. georgica, M. rnendica a nd M. petzclans (Deyrup et al. 2002).
Native Habitats:
Dry, sandy ruderal sites, dry flatwoods, sandhill, relatively open xeric to dry mesic hammocks.
