Species: Valeriana edulis var. edulis
Tobacco-root
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Valerianaceae
Genus
Valeriana
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
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
G5T5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1997-09-17
Global Status Last Changed
1997-09-17
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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