| Scientific Name: | Centranthus ruber |
| Common Name: | red valerian, Jupiter's beard |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Sessile, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Entire |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, White, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Silver, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, most 6-10cm long x 2-3cm wide, gray-green; florets 14-18mm wide, in panicle-like clusters above foliage; achenes 3-4mm long with long feathery pappus. | |