Caprifoliaceae FAMILY

Valeriana dubia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Valeriana dubia is a herbaceous perennial plant with a shortened, virtually unnoticeable, rhizome. It produces a single stout stem (rarely 2 - 3), around 30 - 80cm tall[ 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 roots can be used medicinally in the same ways as valerian (Valeriana officinalis)

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and eastern Asia - western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, western Himalayas

HabitatBirch groves, open conifer forests, scrub, steppe and forest-steppe, forest meadows, inundated and dry meadows, turf-covered and stony slopes, ravines, moraines and screes, cornices and rocks in high mountain zone[ 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. ].