Cruciata pedemontana

Piedmont bedstraw
Stalk of Piedmont bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Cruciata
Species: C. pedemontana
Binomial name
Cruciata pedemontana
(Bellardi) Ehrend.
Synonyms[1]
  • Galium pedemontanum (Bellardi) All.
  • Valantia pedemontana Bellardi

Cruciata pedemontana, the Piedmont bedstraw, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the southern and central Europe, the Black Sea Basin, and southwestern and Central Asia from Turkey to Iran to Kazakhstan. It is also naturalized in parts of the United States (south-central and eastern parts from Texas to New York, plus the northwest from Washington and Oregon to Montana).[1][2][3]

Cruciata pedemontana is an erect herb up to 30 cm tall, covered with stiff hairs. Leaves are broadly ovate, usually 4 per node. Flowers are tiny, rarely more than 1 mm across, axillary, pale yellow.[4]

Varieties

Two varieties are recognized (as of May 2014):[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cruciata pedemontana
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program, Cruciata pedemontana
  3. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Crocettona comune, Cruciata pedemontana
  4. ↑ Flora Vascular, Flora Iberica,

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