Herbs: taproot slender and fusi­form, producing long, white rhizomes that at intervals pro­duce shoots as well as slender, adventitious, fusiform roots. Stems procumbent and trailing at least proximally, often climbing-twining distally, strigose, hairs loosely appressed. Leaflets (5 or)7(or 9), blades elliptic to oblong-elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic-oblanceolate, 17–39 × 6–21 mm, herbaceous, veins not raised, apex obtuse to rounded or shallowly retuse, surfaces lighter abaxially but not glaucous, dark adaxially, sparsely strigose abaxially, sparsely strigose to scabrous adaxially. Inflorescences: flowers 3–11, on distal 1/5–1/2 of axis, sometimes in fascicles; axis 50–150 mm. Flowers: calyx 7–9 mm, loosely strigose; corolla white, 11–14 mm. Legumes straight, 30–45 × 10–14 mm, loosely strigose to strigose-hirsute. Seeds 3–7.

Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Pine-live oak flats, slash pine and sand pine flats, marshes, marsh edges, peat bogs, ditches, roadsides, spoil areas, marl, sandy peat, white sands.
Elevation: 0–50 m.

Distribution

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Fla., Ga., S.C.

Discussion

Galactia elliottii is distinct in its pinnate leaves (leaflets 5–9) with coriaceous, dark-drying leaflets, broad fruits, and relatively large white flowers clustered distally on the inflorescence axis.

Galactia elliottii is known from scattered areas of Florida plus coastal areas of Georgia and South Carolina.

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Lower Taxa

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