Species: Valeriana edulis
Hairy Valerian
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Valerianaceae
Genus
Valeriana
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Tobacco-root - edible valerian - tobacco root - valériane comestible
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Valerian Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Dipsacales - Valerianaceae - Valeriana - As treated by Kartesz (1999), the species Valeriana edulis includes not only (as var. edulis) a widespread plant of the Mountain West but also (as var. ciliata) the rarer plants of the Great Lakes region sometimes treated as V. edulis ssp. ciliata or as a distinct species Valeriana ciliata.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1987-01-09
Global Status Last Changed
1987-01-09
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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