Sitka Valerian
Valeriana sitchensis
Pollinator plant
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Growing it
| When | Flowers June to August; fruits August to September |
|---|---|
| Type | wildflower |
| Sun | Full shade, partial shade |
| Water | High, low, medium |
| Soil | pH 5.5–7 |
| Hardiness | zone 3–7 |
| Mature height | 1.2 m |
| Mature spread | 0.75 m |
| Spacing | 0.5 m |
| Years to maturity | 3 |
| Bloom | Jun–Aug |
| Flower colour | White Pink read from a published flora |
| In bloom | June July August |
| Fruit | Aug–Sep |
| Native to | AB |
feather-compound leaves about 15 cm long in opposite pairs
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Eastern Continental Ranges central AB: 339 records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 263 records, high confidence
- Fescue Grassland south AB: 5 records, low confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
26 documented relationships.
nectar for
- Agriades aquilo Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Albuna pyramidalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Androloma maccullochii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Anicia Checkerspot Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Arctic Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Black-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Boloria epithore Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Brown-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Erebia vidleri Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Euphydryas colon Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Euphydryas gillettii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Golden-haired Flower Longhorn Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Halictus virgatellus Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Megasyrphus laxus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Orange-legged Furrow Bee Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Painted Lady Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Parnassius clodius Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Parnassius smintheus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Red-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Silvery Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Sitka Bumble Bee Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Two-ranked Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Western Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Yellow Cuckoo Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Also worth knowing
Safety
Toxicity not assessed, absence of a warning is not a guarantee of safety
Edible parts
Roots (medicinal, not culinary)
Buying it
About $8–$16 per plant (estimate), usually from a native-plant nursery. Estimate (herb default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate