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|familia=Valerianaceae
|genus=Valeriana
|common_name=Valerian
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|water=moist
|water_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|image=Valeriana officinalis.jpg
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'''''Valeriana''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plants]] in the family [[Valerianaceae]]. It includes a number of species of which the best known is the [[valerian (herb)|garden valerian]] ''Valeriana officinalis''. Some species are native to [[Europe]], others to [[North America]] and [[South America]] (especially in the [[Andes]]).
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Valeriana (Latin valeo, to be strong, in allusion to medicinal uses). Valerianaceae. Valerian. Glabrous or rarely pubescent or villous perennial herbs, subshrubs, or shrubs, which are erect or scandent, most of them hardy and showy garden plants.
Valeriana (Latin valeo, to be strong, in allusion to medicinal uses). Valerianaceae. Valerian. Glabrous or rarely pubescent or villous perennial herbs, subshrubs, or shrubs, which are erect or scandent, most of them hardy and showy garden plants.
==Species==
==Species==
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Species include:
*''[[Valeriana acutiloba]]''<br />
*''[[Valeriana arburua]]''
*''[[Valeriana arizonica]]''
*''[[Valeriana buxifolia]]''
*''[[Valerian californica]]''
*''[[Valeriana capitata]]''
*''[[Valeriana carnosa]]''
*''[[Valeriana celtica]]'' - Alpine valerian or valerian spikenard
*''[[Valeriana columbiana]]''
*''[[Valeriana dioica]]'' - marsh valerian
*''[[Valeriana edulis]]''
*''[[Valeriana occidentalis]]''
*''[[Valeriana officinalis]]'' - garden valerian
*''[[Valeriana pauciflora]]''
*''[[Valeriana scandens]]''
*''[[Valeriana scouleri]]''
*''[[Valeriana septentrionalis]]''
*''[[Valeriana sitchensis]]'' - Sitka valerian
*''[[Valeriana sorbifolia]]''
*''[[Valeriana texana]]''
*''[[Valeriana tiliifolia]]''
*''[[Valeriana tripteris]]''
*''[[Valeriana wallichii]]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
