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Douglas Houck | profile | all galleries >> Flora >> Wild Flowers >> Wildflowers of Washington State >> Valeriana sitchensis tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Valeriana sitchensis

Common names: Sitka Valerian, Mountain Heliotrope

Note coarse tooth pointed leaves, generally in triplets. Mostly white sometimes pink flowers in a half dome shape. Three stamens protruding above the five corolla lobes. Found in subalpine meadows.

western North Cascades, Olympics
Trails: Goat Mtn. Yellow Aster Butte, Heart Lake
Habitat: subalpine meadow
Elevation: 955 - 1,720 m (3,125 - 5,650 ft.)
Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis		 Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis		 Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis		 Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis		 Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis		 Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis		 Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis		 Subalpine Meadow (N. Cascades)
Subalpine Meadow (N. Cascades)		 Subalpine Meadow (Olympics)
Subalpine Meadow (Olympics)

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