Cruciata laevipes

Botanical Name: Cruciata laevipes
Common Name: Luc na croise, Crosswort
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Botanical Name Cruciata laevipes
Common Names Luc na croise, Crosswort
Edible Parts leaves
Synonyms Aparine latifolia, Cruciata ciliata, Cruciata ciliata glabrifolia, Cruciata ciliata hirsutissima, Cruciata ciliata laevicaulis, Cruciata ciliata laxa, Cruciata ciliata mucronata, Cruciata ciliata var. nana, Cruciata hirsuta, Cruciata laevipes var. brutia, Galium ciliatum laevicaulis, Galium ciliatum var. nana, Galium cruciata, Galium cruciata var. brutium, Galium cruciata var. hirsutissimum, Galium cruciata var. laevipes, Galium cruciata var. laxa, Galium cruciata var. mucronata, Galium glabrifolium, Galium laevipes, Galium luteocruciatum, Galium valantia, Rubia cruciata, Valantia ciliata, Valantia crucialis, Valantia cruciata, Valantia hirsuta
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.