| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Nardostachys jatamansi (D.Don) DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 4: 624 (1830) |
| Native Range | w. & c. China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2500-5000m |
| Description | sweetly aromatic, leaves spathulate to elliptic-lanceolate, 5-15cm long, flowers 1-2cm long, tubular, lobes spreading, in dense, pendent head |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | pinkish purple, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Fedia grandiflora Wall. Fedia jatamansi Wall. ex DC. Nardostachys chinensis Batalin Nardostachys gracilis Kitam. Nardostachys grandiflora DC. Patrinia jatamansi D.Don Valeriana jatamansi D.Don |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (BAN Bangladesh, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |