Species
Valeriana californica (California valerian)
Valeriana californica. Photo: no rights reserved
Valeriana californica is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name California valerian. It is native to Oregon, northeastern California, and Nevada, where it occurs in moist, forested mountain habitat. It is an erect herb up to half a meter tall with whorls or opposite pairs of deeply lobed leaves at intervals along stem. The inflorescence is a cyme of many funnel-shaped white or pink-tinged flowers each about half a…
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
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Order: Dipsacales (Honeysuckles, moschatels, and allies)
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Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
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Subfamily: Valerianoideae (Valerians and allies)
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Genus: Valeriana (Valerian)
- Species: Valeriana californica (California valerian)
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Genus: Valeriana (Valerian)
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Subfamily: Valerianoideae (Valerians and allies)
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Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
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Order: Dipsacales (Honeysuckles, moschatels, and allies)
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Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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