Scientific name: Valeriana officinalis L.
Common name: Common Valerian
Description
Habit: Perennial, to 2 m high.
Stems: Erect, mainly unbranched, sometimes with short stolons.
Leaves: Opposite, without stipules, pinnate with 9-13 lanceolate, toothed leaflets.
Flowers: Pink to white, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 5 mm across, in large terminal corymbs; sepals united, calyx teeth minute; petals united, with a long tube and 5 lobes; stamens 3, attached to the corolla; ovary inferior, 1-celled, styles 3.
Fruits: A 1-seeded nut.
Habitat: Mashes, damp woods, lake-shores, other damp places, sometimes in hedges, below walls, in crevices on limestone pavement and other dry habitats.Distribution: Widespread and locally very frequent.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No