Valeriana 



Valerianaceae 



891 



50 



Map 1956 



Diervilla Lonicera Mill. 



50 



Map 1957 



Valerianella chenopodifolia (Pursh) DC 



County. One specimen was collected June 4, 1912, and another was col- 

 lected July 17, 1919. This cornsalad was reported in 1895 from Hamilton 

 and Marion Counties by Wilson but I have not seen specimens to confirm 

 this report. 



N. Y., Pa., Ont., Ohio, and Ind. 



3. Valerianella intermedia Dyal. (Rhodora 40 : 202-204. 1938.) (Vale- 

 rianella radiata of most Indiana authors.) Map 1958. In low ground in 

 creek bottoms, fields, and open woods. Infrequent but usually abundant 

 where it is found. The fruit is either glabrous or pubescent. In Indiana 

 the glabrous form is more frequent. 



Mass. and Conn, to 111., southw. to N. C. and Ky. 



8532. VALERIANA [Tourn.] L. Valerian 



Corolla tube 10-20 mm long, slender; basal leaves and those of the runners cordate 



at the base 1. V. pauciflora. 



Corolla tube less than 10 mm long; basal leaves not cordate at the base. 



Roots fusiform; leaves thickish, the basal ones mostly entire, parallel-veined, stem 

 leaves more or less parted; fruit crowned with the plumose calyx teeth; native 



plants of a springy and marly habitat 2. V. edulis. 



Roots fibrous; leaves thin, all more or less divided into 7-25 segments; fruit with- 

 out plumose calyx teeth; introduced plants, escaped from gardens. (See ex- 

 cluded species no. 599, p. 1094) V. officinalis. 



1. Valeriana pauciflora Michx. Large-flower Valerian. Map 1959. 

 Infrequent but generally abundant where it is found; in moist, shaded, 

 wooded ravines and wooded, alluvial plains. 



Pa. to Mo., southw. to W. Va. and Tenn. 



2. Valeriana edulis Nutt. Edible Valerian. Map 1960. In Indiana 

 this species grows in marly springy places, and I have found it in only three 

 places. It has been destroyed in one or two of these places by drainage 



