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{{taxobox
|name = Piedmont bedstraw
|image = Galium pedemontanum.JPG
|image_caption = Stalk of Piedmont bedstraw
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]]
|ordo = [[Gentianales]]
|familia = [[Rubiaceae]]
|genus = ''[[Cruciata]]''
|species = '''''C. pedemontana'''''
|binomial = ''Cruciata pedemontana''
|binomial_authority=(Bellardi) Ehrend.
|synonyms_ref=<ref name="judydelph"/>
|synonyms=*''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 (state)|New York]], plus the northwest from [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[Oregon]] to [[Montana]]).<ref name="judydelph">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=51755 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Cruciata pedemontana'']</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Cruciata%20pedemontana.png Biota of North America Program, ''Cruciata pedemontana'']</ref><ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=cruciata+pedemontana Altervista Flora Italiana, Crocettona comune, ''Cruciata pedemontana'']</ref>

''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.<ref>[http://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Cruciata%20pedemontana Flora Vascular, Flora Iberica, ]</ref>

==Varieties==
Two varieties are recognized (as of May 2014):<ref name="judydelph"/>

*''Cruciata pedemontana ''var''. pedemontana''
*''Cruciata pedemontana ''var''. procumbens'' (Asch.) Soó - [[France]] and [[Italy]] (including [[Corsica]] and [[Sardinia]])

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CRPE10 US Department of Agriculture plants profile, ]
*[http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/invasive_plants/weeds/piedmont-bedstraw.pdf US Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service, weed of the week, ]
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/crpe10.htm Vanderbilt University, Piedmont bedstraw]
*[http://www.florealpes.com/fiche_croisettepiemont.php Flore Alpes, Croisette du Piémont]
*[http://www.actaplantarum.org/floraitaliae/viewtopic.php?t=13571 Flora Acta Plantarum, ]
*[http://botany.cz/cs/cruciata-pedemontana/ Botany Czech, svízelka piemontská / krížavka piemontská]
*[http://www.flora-on.pt/index.php?q=Cruciata+pedemontana Flora-On, Portugal, ]
*[http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Cruciata-pedemontana.htm Botanik im Bild / Flora von Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, Piemont-Kreuzlabkraut / Piemonteser Kreuzlabkraut]
*[http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Cruciata+pedemontana&mobile=close&flags=glean: Discover Life, ]
*[http://www.southeasternflora.com/view_flora.asp?plantid=1443 Southeastern Flora, ]
*[http://web.ewu.edu/ewflora/Rubiaceae/Cruciata%20pedemontana.html Eastern Washington University, Flora of Eastern Washington and Adjacent Idaho, ]
*[http://www.botanische-spaziergaenge.at/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=161 Botanische Spaziergaenge, Bilder von Österreichs Flora, Cruciata pedemontana / Piemont- Kreuzlabkraut]
*[http://threatsummary.forestthreats.org/threats/threatSummaryViewer2.cfm?threatID=285 Eastern Forests Threat Center, Piedmont bedstraw ]

[[Category:Rubieae]]
[[Category:Flora of the Mediterranean]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Flora of Central Asia]]
[[Category:Flora of Turkey]]
[[Category:Flora of Iran]]
[[Category:Flora of Italy]]
[[Category:Flora of Greece]]
[[Category:Flora of France]]
[[Category:Flora of Ukraine]]
[[Category:Flora of Romania]]
[[Category:Flora of Sardinia]]
[[Category:Flora of Corsica]]
[[Category:Flora of Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Flora of Austria]]
[[Category:Flora of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Flora of Russia]]
[[Category:Flora of Spain]]
[[Category:Flora of Portugal]]
[[Category:Flora of Kazakhstan]]

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