| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Valeriana imbricata Killip |
| Bibliography | J. Washington Acad. Sci. 18: 501 (1928) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 3000-3500m |
| Description | branchlets very numerous, leaves linear-spathulate, 3-5mm, obtuse, revolute, ciliate, flowers dioecious, tube of corolla 4-5mm, thin, corolla lobes 3 |
| Size | 4-6cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Aretiastrum imbricatum (Killip) Killip |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |