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Galega officinalis
FamilyGenus: Galeganative in Germany
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Interactions
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About this species
Galega officinalis is an introduced, established herbaceous perennial in Great Britain, producing spikes of pea-like flowers from June to August. It favours full sun and moderately moist, nutrient-rich, calcareous soils.
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PollinationFlower visit
Annual cycle
Flowering occurs from June to August.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Frisch (Mäßig feucht)
Soil
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Flowering period
Jun – Aug
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.966 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pflege & Anbau
Grow in full sun in moderately moist, fertile, well-drained soil. The plant is suited to calcareous or neutral to alkaline conditions and benefits from a nutrient-rich substrate. Avoid saline or waterlogged sites.
Scientific profile
Galega officinalis belongs to the family Fabaceae. This broad-leaved, non-woody herbaceous plant typically reaches about one metre in height. The compound leaves are arranged alternately, and the plant bears racemes of pea-like flowers from June to August. This species occurs widely across Europe, Africa and Asia. It is an introduced, established neophyte in Great Britain. It has arbuscular mycorrhizal associations and disperses by seeds weighing around 7.7 mg each. The species is warmth-loving and not tolerant of salinity, preferring low-disturbance, base-rich sites.
Pollinators & visitors
16 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Celastrina argiolusPyronia tithonusBombus humilisBombus sylvestrisBombus jonellusBombus pascuorumApis melliferaBombus lucorumBombus lapidariusAnthidium manicatumBombus terrestrisPolyommatus fulgensPolyommatus humedasaeHesperia commaBombus hortorumMegachile pilidens
Other flower visitors
2 other species visit the flowers
Anthidium chilenseCentris chilensis
Sources & data origin
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Middleton-Welling_2020
•pollinator_interactions
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Checklist Alien Plants Belgium — Verloove F (2023), Botanic Garden Meise (CC BY 4.0)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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