Cruciata laevipes

crosswort
smooth bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Cruciata
Species:
C. laevipes
Binomial name
Cruciata laevipes
Synonyms
  • Valantia cruciata L.
  • Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.
  • Galium cruciata var. laevipes (Opiz) W.D.J.Koch
  • Rubia cruciata (L.) Baill.
  • Valantia hirsuta Gilib.
  • Aparine latifolia Moench
  • Galium valantia G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
  • Valantia ciliata Opiz ex J.Presl & C.Presl
  • Galium glabrifolium Rochel
  • Galium cruciata var. mucronata Peterm.
  • Cruciata ciliata Opiz
  • Cruciata hirsuta Fourr.
  • Galium luteocruciatum St.-Lag.
  • Valantia crucialis Bubani

Cruciata laevipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is commonly known as crosswort, smooth bedstraw or Luc na croise in Gaelic. The Latin epithet laevipes refers to the smooth stalk.

The common name crosswort is a 16th century translation of the botanists' Latin cruciata planta, meaning "cross plant", i.e., with leaves in a cross-like arrangement.

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