Sitka valerian
Common name: Sitka valerian
Botanical name: Valeriana sitchensis
Light: part shade
Height: 12 – 30 inches
Water: moderate to high
Soil type: well-drained organic, loamy soils
Perennial wildflower with 4-sided stem and dense, rounded to flat-topped clusters of white to slightly pink flowers in midsummer; found in moist forest, avalanche slopes and along streams from foothills to alpine; lovely in a moist shady garden
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