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|Min ht metric=cm
|familia=Valerianaceae
|genus=Valeriana
|species=officinalis
|common_name=Garden heliotrope, True Valerian, Valerian
|habit=herbaceous
|habit_ref=Wikipedia
|Min ht box=16
|Min ht metric=in
|Max ht box=32
|Max ht metric=in
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=10
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Wikipedia
|exposure=sun, part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=moist
|water_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=white
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Upload.png
|min_zone=3
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10.5
|image=Valeriana officinalis.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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'''Valerian''' (''Valeriana officinalis'', [[Valerianaceae]]) is a hardy [[perennial plant|perennial]] flowering [[plant]], with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers. The flowers are in bloom in the northern hemisphere from June to September. Valerian was used as a perfume in the sixteenth century.
Native to [[Europe]] and parts of [[Asia]], Valerian has been [[introduced species|introduced]] into [[North America]]. It is consumed as food by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] ([[butterfly]] and [[moth]]) species including [[Grey Pug]].
Other names used for this plant include '''garden valerian''' (to distinguish it from other ''Valeriana'' species), '''garden heliotrope''' (although not related to ''[[Heliotropium]]'') and '''[[all-heal]]'''. The garden flower [[red valerian]] is also sometimes referred to as "valerian" but is a different species, from the same family but not particularly closely related.
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Valeriana officinalis, Linn. Common Valerian. Garden Heliotrope. Cat's Valerian. St. George's Herb. Fig. 3896. Perennial, glabrous or more or less pubescent below, 2-5 ft. high: rhizome truncate, sometimes stoloniferous: sts. erect, simple below, somewhat branching above, sulcate: lvs. all pinnatisect; segms. 7-10-paired, usually dentate-serrate, those of the lower lvs. ovate-oblong, of the upper lvs. lanceolate, acuminate: corymb broadly paniculate, long-branched: fls. numerous, whitish, pinkish or lavender, very fragrant. Eu., N. Asia. G.W. 12, p. 472.—Variable. The medicinal valerian is obtained mostly from the roots of this species. Var. alba, Hort., is a white-fld. form. Var. rubra, Hort., is a red-fld. form.
Valeriana officinalis, Linn. Common Valerian. Garden Heliotrope. Cat's Valerian. St. George's Herb. Perennial, glabrous or more or less pubescent below, 2-5 ft. high: rhizome truncate, sometimes stoloniferous: sts. erect, simple below, somewhat branching above, sulcate: lvs. all pinnatisect; segms. 7-10-paired, usually dentate-serrate, those of the lower lvs. ovate-oblong, of the upper lvs. lanceolate, acuminate: corymb broadly paniculate, long-branched: fls. numerous, whitish, pinkish or lavender, very fragrant. Eu., N. Asia.—Variable. The medicinal valerian is obtained mostly from the roots of this species. Var. alba, Hort., is a white-fld. form. Var. rubra, Hort., is a red-fld. form.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==