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Cruciata pedemontana

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Species of plant

Piedmont bedstraw
Stalk of Piedmont bedstraw
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Galium pedemontanum (Bellardi) All.
  • Valantia pedemontana Bellardi

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).

Cruciata pedemontana is an erect herb up to 30 cm (12 in), covered with stiff hairs. Leaves are broadly ovate, usually four per node. Flowers are tiny, rarely more than 1 mm (0.039 in) across, axillary, pale yellow.

Varieties

Two varieties are recognized (as of May 2014):

  • Cruciata pedemontana var. pedemontana
  • Cruciata pedemontana var. procumbens (Asch.) Soó - France and Italy (including Corsica and Sardinia)

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cruciata pedemontana
  2. Biota of North America Program, Cruciata pedemontana
  3. "Cruciata pedemontana [Crocettona piemontese] - Flora Italiana". luirig.altervista.org. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  4. "Flora Vascular - Toda la informacin detallada sobre la Flora Vascular | - Especie: Cruciata pedemontana | BioScripts.net". www.floravascular.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2021-10-08.

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Taxon identifiers
Cruciata pedemontana
Valantia pedemontana
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