Photo: Valeriana officinalis 04.

Dead stalk in winter. You can see how valerian is divided into two sidebranches and one main branch, ever onwards. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2004-11-21.

Valeriana officinalis L.
Engl.: garden valerian, valerian, common valerian, fragrant valerian.
Deu.: Baldrian, Echter Baldrian, Gemeiner Baldrian, Echter Arznei-Baldrian, Gewöhnlicher Baldrian, Katzenwurz, Waldspeik.
Suom.: rohtovirmajuuri, virmajuuri.
Sven.: läkevänderot, valeriana, vendelört, vänderot, äkta vänderot.
Bot. syn.: Valeriana baltica Pleijel