| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Valeriana capitata Pall. ex Link |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-alpine |
| Description | leaves glabrous, the basal not divided, entire, 2-6cm long, petiolate, stem leaves ternate, subsessile, segments dentate, inflorescence densely capitate, 2-4cm wide |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Mongolia Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CAPRIFOLIACEAE
capitata gotvanskyi (Vorosch. & Schlotgh.) Gorbunov, Valeriany Fl. Ross. Sopred. Gosud. 113 (2002)
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