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Rock valerian is a small perennial mountain herb from the Alps and northern Apennines, grown in rock gardens for its clusters of pale flowers. It needs sharp drainage and cool conditions to thrive.
Valeriana saxatilis, commonly known as rock valerian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte native to the east-central and eastern Alps, northern Apennines, and southern Dinaric Alps of Albania, Austria, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
Two subspecies are accepted.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Valeriana saxatilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
