Valeriana umbilicata(Sull.) Christenh. & Byng

WFO wfo-0001423408 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

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 umbilicata, photographed by Chris Hoess
fig. a Chris Hoess, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2016-04-29 / obs. 3613213
Valeriana umbilicata, photographed by Whitney Mattila
fig. b Whitney Mattila, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17808528
Valeriana umbilicata, photographed by Bob Schwartz
fig. c Bob Schwartz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 128944017
Valeriana umbilicata, photographed by Katie Kucera
fig. d Katie Kucera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129422899
Valeriana umbilicata, photographed by Summit Metro Parks
fig. e Summit Metro Parks, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126791861
Valeriana umbilicata, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. f Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38673930
Valeriana umbilicata, photographed by Bob Schwartz
fig. g Bob Schwartz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 128944047
Valeriana umbilicata, photographed by Katie Kucera
fig. h Katie Kucera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129422962

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Valeriana umbilicata is native: Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia AlabamaConnecticutIllinoisIndianaKentuckyMarylandMassachusettsMichiganNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVirginiaWest Virginia District of Columbia
Native distribution of Valeriana umbilicata, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Connecticut CNT
District of Columbia WDC
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kentucky KTY
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA

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 13 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.

  • Fedia patellaria Sull. ex A.Gray
  • Fedia radiata var. patellaria (Sull.) Porter
  • Fedia radiata var. umbilicata (Sull.) Porter
  • Fedia umbilicata Sull.
  • Valerianella intermedia Dyal
  • Valerianella patellaria (Sull. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood
  • Valerianella radiata var. intermedia (Dyal) Gleason
  • Valerianella radiata var. patellaria (Sull. ex A.Gray) Porter
  • Valerianella radiata var. umbilicata (Sull.) Porter
  • Valerianella umbilicata (Sull. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood
  • Valerianella umbilicata f. patellaria (Sull. ex A.Gray) Egg.Ware
  • Valerianella woodsiana var. patellaria (Sull. ex A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Valerianella woodsiana var. umbilicata (Sull.) 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. 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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