Galactia mollis, the soft milkpea, is a species of flowering plant in the southeastern United States in the family Fabaceae. It is a dicot. It is an endangered species threatened by urban development in its natural habitat.
Description The stems of G. mollis may reach up to 1.5 meters (approximately 4.9 feet) in length. Its leaves are oblong to elliptic in shape, and reach 2 to 4 centimeters in length.Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. Print.
Distribution and habitat G. molliss range stretches from North Carolina to peninsular Florida and westward to the Florida panhandle and Alabama.Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Within this region, this species have been observed growing in habitats such as sandhills, woodlands, scrub, and pinelands. It can be found in open areas with sandy soils.Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. [URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. Kral, R.K. Godfrey, R. S. Mitchell, Gwynn W. Ramsey, Harry E. Ahles, J. Haesloop, Wilbur H Duncan, and James W. Hardin. States and Counties: Florida: Clay, Hamilton, Leon, Taylor, Levy, Wakulla, Leon, Suwannee, and Santa Rosa. North Carolina: Cumberland. Georgia: Grady, Baker, Thomas, and Worth.
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