Accession Data

Centranthus ruber

Common Name: Red Valerian, Jupiter's Beard

Family: Caprifoliaceae

Country of Origin: Europe and northern Africa to Asia Minor; escaped & naturalized locally

Description: [syn. Kentranthus ruber (L.) Druce; Valeriana coccinea Hort.; Valeriana rubra L.]
Also known as Fox's Brush

Compact perennial to 3 feet, glaucous, glabrous; leaves lanceolate to ovate, to 4 inches long, slightly toothed to entire, sessile; flowers many, crimson to pale red, about 1/2 inch long, fragrant.

Uses: Young leaves eaten in salads or as cooked greens; roots used in soups. Not to be confused with the true medicinal valerian.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200300022

Accession Date: 2003-02-25 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2101

Quantity: 2

Source: Thompson & Morgan 2003

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid II

Order: Dipsacales

Family: Caprifoliaceae

SubFamily: Valerianoideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. Richter's Herb WWW Site
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.
  4. Centranthus ruber at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.

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