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Common Valerian
Common Valerian
Valeriana officinalis
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Europe and Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

This perennial plant grows in European and Asian meadows up to 1.5 meters tall. Its sweet scent lures hoverflies to land on its clusters of pink and white flowers.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Genus
Valeriana
Species
Valeriana officinalis