title: Cruciata glabra
text: # Cruciata glabra
  
  Cruciata glabra, smooth crosswort, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cruciata, native to Morocco, Algeria, southern, central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, the Altai, and western Siberia. It is often found in beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  The following subspecies are currently accepted:
  
  * Cruciata glabra subsp. balcanica (Ehrend.) Soó
  * Cruciata glabra subsp. glabra
  * Cruciata glabra subsp. hirticaulis (Beck) Natali & Jeanm.
  * Cruciata glabra subsp. krylovii (Iljin) E.G.Naumova
  