Galium montis-arerae, the Pizzo Arera bedstraw, is a rare plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is named after the mountain called Pizzo Arera, in the Bergamo Alps of Lombardia region in northern Italy.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Galium montis-areraeAltervista Flora Italiana, Caglio del Pizzo Arera It is found only in the range from Monte Pegherolo to Concarena in Bergamasque Prealps.Acta Plantarum Flora Italiana, Galium montis-arerae Merxm. & Ehrend. - Caglio del Pizzo Arera
Galium montis-arerae is an ascending, caespitose herb. Stems are square in cross-section, up to 40 cm long. Leaves are in whorls of 6-8 narrowly oblanceolate leaves, thick and somewhat succulent. Inflorescence is an elongated panicle of yellow flowers.
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