| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Valeriana alypifolia Kunth |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 3: 325 (1819) |
| Native Range | Ecuador |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 3200-5000m |
| Description | leaves dense, opposite, long petiolate, spathulate, acute, carnose, uninerved, glabrous, flowers in spherical, dense heads, infundibuliform, 5-fid |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | pale pink, white |
| 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 | Valeriana alypifolia var. elongata Benth. Valeriana hartwegiana Briq. Valeriana pygmaea Turcz. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) |