Plant Details

Accepted name:: Valeriana sitchensis Bong. [Caprifoliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mountain heliotrope	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pacific valerian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sitka valerian	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Valeriana anomala Eastw. Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 22 (1941).
Valeriana frigidorum Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 37 (1918).
Valeriana micrantha E.Nelson Erythea 7: 166 (1899).
Valeriana suksdorfii Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 36 (1918).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Valeriana sitchensis Bong.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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