(First upload on July 24 2023. Last on March 23 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Valerianaceae (オミナエシ科) > Valeriana officinalis
APG: Caprifoliaceae (スイカズラ) V. alternifolia Bunge (コウアンカノコソウ) |
V. amurensis Smirn. ex Kom. (ケカノコソウ) V. fauriei Briq. (カノコソウ) |
V. officinalis L. (セイヨウカノコソウ) |
Valeriana L. (カノコソウ)Seiyoukanokosou (セイヨウカノコソウ, 西洋鹿子草), garden valerian, garden heliotrope, setwall and all-healYoushukanokosou (ヨウシュカノコソウ) Lifeform: perennial forb with 80-150 cm tall Distribution: Europe - Asia (non-native to Japan) invasive species in various regions |
Habitat: shore meadows, river banks, stream banks, broad-leaved forests, forest margins, banks, fallow fields, abandoned lawns, etc. Use: roots and rhizomes, used as medicine (tranquilizer and sleep aid) |
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[1-3] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on June 3 2023.
Kekanokosou (ケカノコソウ, 毛鹿子草), Amur valerian Lifeform: perennial forb Distribution: eastern Siberia - Russian Far East - Korean Peninsula |
Use: leaves eaten in Manchuria, medicine Synonyms: Valeriana sambucifolia ssp. amurensis (P. A. Smirn. ex Kom.) H. Hara, homotypic |
1 [1] in Sandaohu peatland, Jilin Province, northeastern China, on June 11 2017. |