Cruciata pedemontana
Cruciata pedemontana, the Piedmont bedstraw, is a species of plant 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]
| Piedmont bedstraw | |
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| Stalk of Piedmont bedstraw | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Cruciata |
| Species: | C. pedemontana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cruciata pedemontana (Bellardi) Ehrend. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
External links
- US Department of Agriculture plants profile,
- US Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service, weed of the week,
- Vanderbilt University, Piedmont bedstraw
- Flore Alpes, Croisette du Piémont
- Flora Acta Plantarum,
- Botany Czech, svízelka piemontská / krížavka piemontská
- Flora-On, Portugal,
- Botanik im Bild / Flora von Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, Piemont-Kreuzlabkraut / Piemonteser Kreuzlabkraut
- Discover Life,
- Southeastern Flora,
- Eastern Washington University, Flora of Eastern Washington and Adjacent Idaho,
- Botanische Spaziergaenge, Bilder von Österreichs Flora, Cruciata pedemontana / Piemont- Kreuzlabkraut
- Eastern Forests Threat Center, Piedmont bedstraw
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