Valeriana capitataLink

captiate valerian

WFO wfo-0000425375 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Valeriana capitata, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. a nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-15 / obs. 144658607
Valeriana capitata, photographed by Matt Muir
fig. b Matt Muir, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147201608
Valeriana capitata, photographed by lauralaska66
fig. c lauralaska66, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135635856
Valeriana capitata, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. d Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86710946
Valeriana capitata, photographed by John Powers
fig. e John Powers, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98657605
Valeriana capitata, photographed by Matt Muir
fig. f Matt Muir, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94422929
Valeriana capitata, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. g Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47305736
Valeriana capitata, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. h Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120846644

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Valeriana capitata is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mongolia, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya, North European Russia, Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon AltayBuryatiyaChitaIrkutskKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanMongoliaTuvaWest SiberiaYakutiyaNorth European RussiaAlaskaBritish ColumbiaNorthwest TerritoriesYukon
Native distribution of Valeriana capitata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Irkutsk IRK
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Mongolia MON
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Aleutian Is. ALU
British Columbia BRC
Northwest Territories NWT
Yukon YUK
North European Russia RUN EUROPE

Not drawn on the map: Aleutian Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 1 synonym

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Valeriana capitata var. bracteosa (Britton) Hultén

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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