Caprifoliaceae FAMILY

Valeriana tiliifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Valeriana tiliifolia is a herbaceous perennial plant with a mostly compact rhizome; it produces a single (occasionally 2 - 3), erect, stout stem around 30 - 100cm tall, occasionally to 150cm[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant can be used medicinally in the same ways as valerian (Valeriana officinalis([ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAsia - the Caucasus

HabitatSubalpine meadows and birch groves, moraines and screes, banks of brooks, forest glades and edges; at elevations from 1,300 - 2,800 metres[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].