Index / Search / Valeriana edulis
§1 Plant
Valeriana edulis Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular tobacco root — species · Valerianaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Valerianaceae Batsch
- Genus
- Valeriana
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 221 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 221 counties across 18 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Clear Creek 08019
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Hinsdale 08053
- Jackson 08057
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Ouray 08091
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
Idaho view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Buffalo 55011
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VAED ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888746 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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