Valeriana sitchensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Dipsacales
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Valeriana
- Species
- Valeriana sitchensis
- Scientific Name
- Valeriana sitchensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis is a species of valerian known by the common name Sitka valerian. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska and northern Canada to Montana to northern California, where it grows in many types of habitat, including moist mountain forests. In moist subalpine meadows, it is often one of the most common plants. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a stout, erect stem to about 70 centimeters in maximum height, but known to exceed one meter at times. The leaves vary in size and shape, often having deep lobes or being composed of several leaflets. The inflorescence is a cyme of many white or pink-tinged flowers, each under a centimeter wide. The flower has five corolla lobes and three whiskery stamens protruding from the center.
Native Americans cooked and ate the roots, which have a poor scent. Some tribes also pounded the roots to make a poultice.
...Valeriana sitchensis in languages:
- Chinese
- 錫特卡纈草
- Chinese
- 太平洋纈草
- English
- Sitka valerian
- French
- valériane de Sitka
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Valeriana acutiloba
- Valeriana adscendens
- Valeriana aequiloba
- Valeriana agrimoniifolia
- Valeriana ajanensis
- Valeriana albonervata
- Valeriana alliariifolia
- Valeriana alpestris
- Valeriana altaica
- Valeriana alternifolia
- Valeriana alypifolia
- Valeriana amurensis
- Valeriana apiifolia
- Valeriana apula
- Valeriana arborea
- Valeriana aretiastra
- Valeriana aretioides
- Valeriana arizonica
- Valeriana asarifolia
- Valeriana aschersoniana
- Valeriana asplenifolia
- Valeriana asterothrix
- Valeriana atacamensis
- Valeriana baltana
- Valeriana bambusicaulis
- Valeriana barbareifolia
- Valeriana barbulata
- Valeriana battandieri
- Valeriana beddomei
- Valeriana belonantha
- Valeriana bertiscea
- Valeriana boelckei
- Valeriana boliviana
- Valeriana bolkarica
- Valeriana bornmuelleri
- Valeriana borsinii
- Valeriana bracteata
- Valeriana bracteosa
- Valeriana bractescens
- Valeriana bridgesii
- Valeriana bryophila
- Valeriana buxifolia
- Valeriana calchaquina
- Valeriana californica
- Valeriana calvescens
- Valeriana capensis
- Valeriana capitata
- Valeriana cardamines
- Valeriana carnosa
- Valeriana castellanosii
- Valeriana catharinensis
- Valeriana celtica
- Valeriana cephalantha
- Valeriana ceratophylla
- Valeriana cernua
- Valeriana cerosifolia
- Valeriana chaerophylloides
- Valeriana chamaedryfolia
- Valeriana chiapensis
- Valeriana chilensis
- Valeriana chionophila
- Valeriana clarionifolia
- Valeriana clarkei
- Valeriana clematitis
- Valeriana coarctata
- Valeriana coleophylla
- Valeriana columbiana
- Valeriana comosa
- Valeriana condamoana
- Valeriana connata
- Valeriana convallarioides
- Valeriana corymbulosa
- Valeriana corynodes
- Valeriana costata
- Valeriana crassifolia
- Valeriana crassipes
- Valeriana crinii
- Valeriana crispa
- Valeriana cuatrecasasii
- Valeriana cucurbitifolia
- Valeriana cumbemayensis
- Valeriana cyclophylla
- Valeriana daghestanica
- Valeriana daphniflora
- Valeriana decussata
- Valeriana deltoidea
- Valeriana densa
- Valeriana densiflora
- Valeriana descolei
- Valeriana dinorrhiza
- Valeriana dioica
- Valeriana dipsacoides
- Valeriana domingensis
- Valeriana dorotheae
- Valeriana dubia
- Valeriana edulis
- Valeriana effusa
- Valeriana eichleriana
- Valeriana elongata
- Valeriana emmanuelii
- Valeriana engleriana
- Valeriana erikae
- Valeriana eriophylla
- Valeriana eupatoria
- Valeriana fauriei
- Valeriana fedtschenkoi
- Valeriana ferax
- Valeriana ficariifolia
- Valeriana flaccidissima
- Valeriana flagellifera
- Valeriana fonkii
- Valeriana fragilis
- Valeriana galeottianum
- Valeriana gallinae
- Valeriana gilgiana
- Valeriana glaziovii
- Valeriana glechomifolia
- Valeriana globiflora
- Valeriana globularioides
- Valeriana globularis
- Valeriana gracilipes
- Valeriana granataea
- Valeriana grandifolia
- Valeriana grisiana
- Valeriana grossheimii
- Valeriana hadros
- Valeriana hardwickei
- Valeriana hardwickii
- Valeriana hebecarpa
- Valeriana hengduanensis
- Valeriana henrici
- Valeriana herrerae
- Valeriana hiemalis
- Valeriana himachalensis
- Valeriana himalayana
- Valeriana hirtella
- Valeriana hirticalyx
- Valeriana hornschuchiana
- Valeriana hsui
- Valeriana humahuacensis
- Valeriana humboldtii
- Valeriana hunzikeri
- Valeriana hyalinorrhiza
- Valeriana iganciana
- Valeriana imbricata
- Valeriana inconspicua
- Valeriana interrupta
- Valeriana isoetifolia
- Valeriana italica
- Valeriana jaeschkei
- Valeriana jasminoides
- Valeriana jatamansi
- Valeriana jelenevskyi
- Valeriana johannae
- Valeriana kamelinii
- Valeriana karstenii
- Valeriana kassarica
- Valeriana kawakamii
- Valeriana kilimandscharica
- Valeriana kurtziana
- Valeriana laciniosa
- Valeriana lancifolia
- Valeriana lapathifolia
- Valeriana lasiocarpa
- Valeriana laurifolia
- Valeriana laxiflora
- Valeriana ledoides
- Valeriana lepidota
- Valeriana leptothyrsos
- Valeriana leschenaultii
- Valeriana leucocarpa
- Valeriana leucophaea
- Valeriana longiflora
- Valeriana longitubulosa
- Valeriana lyrata
- Valeriana macbridei
- Valeriana macropoda
- Valeriana macrorhiza
- Valeriana maipoana
- Valeriana malvacea
- Valeriana mandoniana
- Valeriana mandonii
- Valeriana mapirensis
- Valeriana martjanovii
- Valeriana meonantha
- Valeriana merxmuelleri
- Valeriana microphylla
- Valeriana micropterina
- Valeriana minutiflora
- Valeriana montana
- Valeriana moonii
- Valeriana moorei
- Valeriana moyanoi
- Valeriana muelleri
- Valeriana munozii
- Valeriana mussooriensis
- Valeriana nahuelbutae
- Valeriana naidae
- Valeriana neglecta
- Valeriana nelsonii
- Valeriana nigricans
- Valeriana niphobia
- Valeriana nivalis
- Valeriana oaxacana
- Valeriana oblongifolia
- Valeriana obtusifolia
- Valeriana occidentalis
- Valeriana officinalis
- Valeriana olenaea
- Valeriana oligantha
- Valeriana oreocharis
- Valeriana organensis
- Valeriana otomiana
- Valeriana palmatiloba
- Valeriana palmeri
- Valeriana paniculata
- Valeriana papilla
- Valeriana pardoana
- Valeriana parvula
- Valeriana pauciflora
- Valeriana paucijuga
- Valeriana paulae
- Valeriana peltata
- Valeriana pennellii
- Valeriana petersenii
- Valeriana petrophila
- Valeriana philippiana
- Valeriana phitosiana
- Valeriana phu
- Valeriana phylicoides
- Valeriana pilosa
- Valeriana pinnatifida
- Valeriana plectritoides
- Valeriana polemonifolia
- Valeriana polybotrya
- Valeriana polyclada
- Valeriana polystachya
- Valeriana potopensis
- Valeriana praecipitis
- Valeriana prionophylla
- Valeriana protenta
- Valeriana psychrophila
- Valeriana pulchella
- Valeriana pulvinata
- Valeriana punctata
- Valeriana pycnantha
- Valeriana pyramidalis
- Valeriana pyrenaica
- Valeriana pyricarpa
- Valeriana pyrolifolia
- Valeriana quadrangularis
- Valeriana quindiensis
- Valeriana quirorana
- Valeriana radicalis
- Valeriana radicata
- Valeriana reitziana
- Valeriana renifolia
- Valeriana reverdattoana
- Valeriana rhizantha
- Valeriana rigida
- Valeriana robertianifolia
- Valeriana rosaliana
- Valeriana roylei
- Valeriana rufescens
- Valeriana ruizlealii
- Valeriana rumicoides
- Valeriana rusbyi
- Valeriana rzedowskiorum
- Valeriana salicariifolia
- Valeriana saliunca
- Valeriana samolifolia
- Valeriana saxatilis
- Valeriana saxicola
- Valeriana scandens
- Valeriana schachristanica
- Valeriana secunda
- Valeriana sedifolia
- Valeriana selerorum
- Valeriana senecioides
- Valeriana serrata
- Valeriana serratifolia
- Valeriana sichuanica
- Valeriana simplicifolia
- Valeriana sisymbriifolia
- Valeriana sitchensis
- Valeriana smithii
- Valeriana sorbifolia
- Valeriana spathulata
- Valeriana speluncaria
- Valeriana sphaerocarpa
- Valeriana sphaerocephala
- Valeriana sphaerophora
- Valeriana spicata
- Valeriana spiroflora
- Valeriana stenophylla
- Valeriana stenoptera
- Valeriana stracheyi
- Valeriana stricta
- Valeriana stuckertii
- Valeriana supina
- Valeriana tachirensis
- Valeriana tafiensis
- Valeriana tajuvensis
- Valeriana tanacetifolia
- Valeriana tangutica
- Valeriana tatamana
- Valeriana tessendorffiana
- Valeriana texana
- Valeriana theodorici
- Valeriana tomentosa
- Valeriana transjenisensis
- Valeriana trichomanes
- Valeriana trichostoma
- Valeriana triphylla
- Valeriana triplinervis
- Valeriana tripteris
- Valeriana tuberifera
- Valeriana tuberosa
- Valeriana tucumana
- Valeriana tunuyanense
- Valeriana turkestanica
- Valeriana tzotziliana
- Valeriana ulei
- Valeriana uliginosa
- Valeriana urbani
- Valeriana urticifolia
- Valeriana vaga
- Valeriana vaginata
- Valeriana valdiviana
- Valeriana velutina
- Valeriana venezuelana
- Valeriana verrucosa
- Valeriana verticillata
- Valeriana vetasana
- Valeriana vilcabambensis
- Valeriana virescens
- Valeriana virgata
- Valeriana volkensii
- Valeriana wandae
- Valeriana warburgii
- Valeriana weberbaueri
- Valeriana weddelliana
- Valeriana zamoranensis
- Valeriana zapotecana
- Valeriana × braunii-blanquetii
- Valeriana × ekmanii
- Valeriana × gesneri































































































































































