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 , 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 - France and Italy (including Corsica and Sardinia) 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 Rubieae Flora of Europe Flora of Central Asia Flora of Turkey Flora of Iran Flora of Italy Flora of Greece Flora of Ukraine Flora of Romania Flora of Sardinia Flora of Corsica Flora of Bulgaria Flora of Austria Flora of Switzerland Flora of Russia Flora of Spain Flora of Portugal Flora of Kazakhstan