| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Valeriana capitata Pall. ex Link |
| Bibliography | Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 66 (1820) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to Mongolia and w. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Valeriana bracteosa Britton Valeriana capitata var. bracteosa Hultén Valeriana montana Georgi |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |