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Valeriana edulis, the tobacco root or edible valerian, a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, is a dioecious perennial herb native to western and central North America. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Despite its common name, tobacco root is not closely related to tobacco , but is instead more closely related to elderberry , honeysuckle , and ...
Valeriana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, [1] members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian , Valeriana officinalis .
The leaves grow in opposite pairs and are oval or lanceolate in shape. The plant flowers profusely, and though the individual flowers are small (no more than 2 mm), the inflorescences are large and showy. The flowers are small in rounded clusters each with 5 fused petals and a spur.
The flowers have a bluish-white corolla of five fused petals, 1.5 to 2 mm (1 ⁄ 16 to 5 ⁄ 64 in) long and wide, and three stamens. At the base of the corolla is a whorl of bracts. Fertilized flowers produce achenes with two sterile chambers and one fertile chamber. [4] [5] [6]
Valeriana macrosiphon, also commonly called long-spurred valerian, is a herb of the family Caprifoliaceae. The erect annual herb typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.4 metres (0 to 1 ft). It blooms in spring and early summer producing pink-red-white flowers.
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