| Author | (Bellardi) Allioni | |
| Distribution | Scattered in the Mountains and Piedmont; barely into the Coastal Plain in Moore and Wilson counties.
Native of Southern Europe; in N.A. across much of the continent, but absent from the south Atlantic Coastal Plain. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon to locally numerous throughout; perhaps also overlooked. | |
| Habitat | Fields, cropfields, roadsides, railroads, yard weed, disturbed areas. Grows in very dense stands or patches. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-July. | |
| Identification | Piedmont Bedstraw grows 1-2 feet tall (often less), slender, with 4 leaves per whorl. The leaves are very narrowly triangular, broadest at the stem, and very hairy. The flowers are pale greenish and tiny, in axils. As fruits develop, the flower stalks bend down nearly 360 degrees and place the fruits on the underside of the leaf whorl -- very odd indeed. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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