| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Valeriana rigida Ruiz. & Pav. |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2800-4500m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, flatway at ground, linear-lanceolate, to 5cm long, entire, uninerved, acerose, rigid, glabrous, flowers in the midst of rosettes, peduncles thick, connate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
| Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CAPRIFOLIACEAE
rigida tenuifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) B.Eriksen ex B.Léon & J.Roque, Arnaldoa 17(1): 53 (2011)
|