''Cruciata pedemontana'', the Piedmont bedstraw, is a species of plant in the

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. It is native to the southern and central

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, the

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Basin, and southwestern and

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from

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. It is also naturalized in parts of the

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(south-central and eastern parts from

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, plus the northwest from

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).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Cruciata pedemontana''
/ref> ''Cruciata pedemontana'' is an erect herb up to , covered with stiff hairs. Leaves are broadly ovate, usually four per node. Flowers are tiny, rarely more than across, axillary, pale yellow.

Varieties

Two varieties are recognized (as of May 2014): *''Cruciata pedemontana ''var''. pedemontana'' *''Cruciata pedemontana ''var''. procumbens'' (Asch.) Soó -

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(including

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References

External links

US Department of Agriculture plants profile

US Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service, weed of the week
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Flore Alpes, Croisette du PiémontFlora Acta Plantarum

Botany Czech, svízelka piemontská / krížavka piemontskáFlora-On, Portugal

* ttp://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Cruciata+pedemontana&mobile=close&flags=glean: Discover Life
Southeastern Flora

, * ttp://www.botanische-spaziergaenge.at/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=161 Botanische Spaziergaenge, Bilder von Österreichs Flora, Cruciata pedemontana / Piemont- Kreuzlabkrautbr>Eastern Forests Threat Center, Piedmont bedstraw
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