Valeriana dioscoridis, Sibth. & Sm.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 53

2. V. dioscoridis Sibth. & Sm. , Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 21 (1806).

Rhizome very short, with a cluster of fusiform tubers. Stem 25-75(-90) cm, solitary, slightly hairy. Basal leaves elliptical in outline, entire or pinnatifid; cauline leaves pinnate, with shallowly dentate leaflets. Inflorescence compound; partial inflorescences dense. Corolla-tube 4-5-6 mm, pink or white. Fruit 4-5 mm, more than twice as long as wide, hairy on one surface, glabrous or subglabrous on the other. 2 n - 16. Rock-crevices, rocky woods and damp grassland. Balkan peninsula, northwards to 42° 30' N. AlBuGrJuTu.