Valeriana dioscoridis
Valeriana dioscoridis
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Perennial herb. Rhizome praemorse, giving rise to fusiform roots. Stems solitary, sturdy, erect, hollow, subsulcate. Basal leaves glabrous or puberulent, pinnate, 3-9-lobed, occasionally pinnatisect; lobes ovate-orbicular, repand to crenate, sometimes serrate, terminal lobes larger than laterals; petioles long, usually equal to, or longer than the lobed part of leaf. Cauline leaves few, pinnate, with lanceolate lobes; petioles amplexicaul, usually free at base. Inflorescence soon spreading in fruit. Flowers pink, fragrant. Achene pilose between the veins, often glabrous when mature, 4-5 x 1-1,5 mm. Pappus segments 12-14. Fl. 2-5. Rocky slopes and scrub, s.I.-1500 m.
Cyprus, Lebanon, Palestine, Greece, S. Yugoslavia, S. Bulgaria, Albania. E. Medit. element.
