Scientific Name: Valeriana officinalis
Common Name: all-heal, valerian, garden heliotrope
Family Name: Caprifoliaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Medicinal plant, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Lanceolate, Dentate
Flowers: Corymb, White, Pink, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Achene, Silver, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Leaves each leaf with 15(-21) lance-shaped toothed leaflets; florets pink to white, arranged in large corymbs.