Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Galactia regularis (L.) B.S.P.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Galactia glabella Michx., Possibly Ervum volubilis Walt.

Common names:

Downy milk-pea [Downy milk pea] (1986) (4)

Eastern milk-pea [Eastern milkpea] (Present) (50)

Milk-pea [Milk pea, Milkpea] (1913-1937) (5, 97, 156)

Milky Way plant [Milky way plant] (1840) (19)

Shapely milk-pea [Shapely milkpea] (1942) (155)