Flower ID: IMG_6243.JPG-06-07-2023 Flower name (scientific): Valeriana officinalis Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) vah-ler-ee-AH-nah (or val-ee-ri-AY-na or va-ler-i-A-na or val-eer-ee-AH-nuh or va-leer-e-A-na) oh-fiss-ih-NAH-liss Flower name (common): Garden Heliotrope Family name (common): Honeysuckle Family name (scientific): Caprifoliaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From medieval Latin or possibly four other European languages, alluding to heath. Another suggestion has it referring to the Roman Valerius who may have used the plant as a medicine, or named for Valeria the Roman province. Specific epithet: Sold based on its real or its conjectured medical qualities. Common name origin: The cultivated habitat, and the supposed ability of the plant being able to turn with the sun. Flower description: Size: 0.1 to 0.3 inches (3 to 8 mm) Petal count: 5 Color: white or pink Other: flower arrangement, Cluster-flat Plant description: Size: 24 to 72 inches (61 to 183 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is compound Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, odd-pinnate with 4-9 pairs of sessile leaflets and a terminal leaflet, leaflets linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced, invasive Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to August Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Thickets, woodland margins, meadows, disturbed areas, roadsides, moist to wet, semi shade to sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes. Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.797863 Longitude: -91.502048 Altitude: 239.80 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Bayfield, Brown, Dane, Door, Douglas, Eau Claire, Forest, Iowa, Iron, Jefferson, Langlade, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Oneida, Outagamie, Price, Rock, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vilas, Walworth, Waushara) Click here for distribution map In US: (CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, VT, WA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Valeriana officinalis subsp. officinalis (The other infraspecifics are Valeriana officinalis subsp. nemorensis (B. Turk) F. Martini & Soldano, Valeriana officinalis subsp. tenuifolia (Vahl) Schübler & G. Martens. Neither of these two subspecies are recorded from North America.) Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed