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Valeriana occidentalis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Caprifoliaceae

Scientific name
  
Valeriana occidentalis

Order
  
Dipsacales

Genus
  
Valeriana

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Valeriana arizonica, Valeriana sitchensis, Valeriana edulis, Valeriana uliginosa, Valeriana carnosa

Valeriana occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name western valerian. It is native to the western United States, particularly the northwestern quadrant, but it occurs as far south as Arizona and as far east as Colorado and South Dakota. It occurs in moist, forested mountain habitat. It is an erect herb growing 30 to 75 centimeters tall with whorls or opposite pairs of leaves at intervals along stem. The leaves are generally divided into lobes or are compound, with each leaf made up of a few oval-shaped leaflets. The inflorescence is a dense cyme of many funnel-shaped white flowers each 3 or 4 millimeters long with three long, protruding stamens. The fruit is a ribbed achene about half a centimeter long which may be tipped with the featherlike remains of the flower sepals.

Distribution

Valeriana occidentalis is found in the USA in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY. It is also found in British Columbia, Canada. A map of its distribution can be found on the USDA Plants Site.

References

Valeriana occidentalis Wikipedia