| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Valeriana aschersoniana Graebn. ex Weberb. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 72 (1905) |
| Native Range | w. Bolivia to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 4300-4700m |
| Description | leaves minute, coriaceous, imbricate, hardly 2mm long, abaxially intensely dilated and plumose, to the apex triquetrous, obtuse, flowers few amongst upper leaves |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 aschersonianum (Graebn. ex Weberb.) Graebn. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |