Piedmont Bedstraw

Piedmont Bedstraw

Cruciata pedemontana (Bellardi) Ehrend.

[formerly Galium pedemontanum (Bellardi) All.]

Rubiaceae (Madder Family)

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Piedmont Bedstraw:

winter annual or summer annual of lawns, cultivated crops, roadsides and non-crop areas
has light green, pointed leaves in whorls of 4; leaves are up to 1/2" long
grows 2-6" tall often with multiple unbranched stems from its base
flowers are tiny, yellow-green, in axils of leaves--not showy
early growth has shorter leaves, very compact internodes
later spring growth has larger spaces between nodes
found in dry sites, open turf, fertile soils
similar to field madder, but field madder has leaves in whorls of 4-6, and pink to lavender flowers instead of greenish-yellow