Valeriana uliginosa(Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb.

mountain valerian

WFO wfo-0000426898 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Valeriana uliginosa, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. a Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-06-08 / obs. 41379308
Valeriana uliginosa, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. b Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41379389
Valeriana uliginosa, photographed by Allan Harris
fig. c Allan Harris, CC0 1.0 / obs. 28088534
Valeriana uliginosa, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. d Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133592852
Valeriana uliginosa, photographed by Derek
fig. e Derek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20134571
Valeriana uliginosa, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. f Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18227060
Valeriana uliginosa, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. g Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41380536
Valeriana uliginosa, photographed by Allan Harris
fig. h Allan Harris, CC0 1.0 / obs. 28088532

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Valeriana uliginosa is native: Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Québec, Vermont, Wisconsin IllinoisIndianaMaineMassachusettsMichiganNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOntarioQuébecVermontWisconsin
Native distribution of Valeriana uliginosa, 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
Illinois ILL NORTHERN AMERICA
Indiana INI
Maine MAI
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New York NWY
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Québec QUE
Vermont VER
Wisconsin WIS

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 5 synonyms

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 dubiosa Gand.
  • Valeriana septentrionalis var. uliginosa (Torr. & A.Gray) Gleason
  • Valeriana sitchensis subsp. uliginosa (Torr. & A.Gray) F.G.Mey.
  • Valeriana sitchensis var. uliginosa (Torr. & A.Gray) B.Boivin
  • Valeriana sylvatica var. uliginosa Torr. & A.Gray

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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