| Accepted name: |
Valeriana edulis Nutt. ssp. ciliata (Torr. & A. Gray) F. Mey. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Patrinia longifolia J. McNab
-Valeriana cilata Torr. & A. Gray
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| English names: |
Edible Valerian
Taprooted Valerian
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Valerianaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HVALEDC
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Poultice of pulverized root applied to painful, bleeding cuts and wounds. Root used as a tapeworm medicine. Poultice of pulverized root applied to draw out inflammation of boils. Pulverized root placed on painful and bleeding cuts(*24)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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