Piedmont bedstraw

(Cruciata pedemontana)

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Description

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)

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Genus:Cruciata
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