Caprifoliaceae
Valeriana

Valeriana pumila (L.) Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 184 (1797)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hungary to Medit. and SW. & S. Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.

Morphology General Habit
Plant 5–8 cm tall; stems and leaves scabrous above
Morphology Leaves
Lower leaves linear-spatulate, entire, upper sometimes dentate or incised at base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white or pinkish
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx limb with 3 short lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
All fruits similar, ± 1.5 mm long, with an umbilical depression in the centre, globose, glabrous, sterile cells broader than the fertile.
Ecology
In cultivated fields, Poa steppe; alt.: 50–900 m
Phenology
Mar.–Apr.
Distribution
Scattered, mostly in the humid steppe zone of northern Iraq. Mediterranean region, Balkans, Syria, Turkey, W Iran, Crimea, Caucasus, C Asia.
[FIQ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images