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Valeriana scandens

Botanic Family

Caprifoliaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Valeriana

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Puerto Rico
• Florida - U.S.A.

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• primary forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Nov-May (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Mar (Puerto Rico)

Glabrous herbaceous scandent twiner. Trifoliolate glabrous leaves. Lateral & terminal lax panicles or cymes, white corolla to 18mm long, lobes to 4mm long. Ribbed pilose or glabrous achene 3mm long crowned with 4mm long tuft of plumose sepals

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• FOPE
• SAFIO