| Valeriana phu, Linn. Perennial, glabrous or pilose, not so tall as V. officinalis: rhizome inclined, simple, fusiform: st. stout, tall, simple or slightly and shortly branched: radical lvs. ovate-oblong, long-petioled, entire or at base incised-lobed; cauline pinnately parted into 3-4 pairs of oblong, acute, entire, decurrent segms.: corymb trichotomous: fls. whitish to somewhat flesh-colored. Caucasus region. Var. aurea, Hort., has young shoots golden yellow. | | Valeriana phu, Linn. Perennial, glabrous or pilose, not so tall as V. officinalis: rhizome inclined, simple, fusiform: st. stout, tall, simple or slightly and shortly branched: radical lvs. ovate-oblong, long-petioled, entire or at base incised-lobed; cauline pinnately parted into 3-4 pairs of oblong, acute, entire, decurrent segms.: corymb trichotomous: fls. whitish to somewhat flesh-colored. Caucasus region. Var. aurea, Hort., has young shoots golden yellow. |