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Common Valerian - Valeriana officinalis subsp. collina

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Common Valerian Common Valerian - Valeriana officinalis subsp. collina dylan Blaise Castle 30 May 2022, 1:32 p.m. 29 May 2022, 4:43 p.m.
Common Valerian Common Valerian - Valeriana officinalis subsp. collina dylan Blaise Castle 30 May 2022, 1:32 p.m. 29 May 2022, 4:43 p.m.
Common Valerian Common Valerian - Valeriana officinalis subsp. collina dylan Blaise Castle 30 May 2022, 1:32 p.m. 29 May 2022, 4:43 p.m.
Common Valerian Common Valerian - Valeriana officinalis subsp. collina dylan Blaise Castle 30 May 2022, 1:32 p.m. 29 May 2022, 4:43 p.m.
Common Valerian Common Valerian - Valeriana officinalis subsp. collina dylan Blaise Castle 30 May 2022, 1:32 p.m. 29 May 2022, 4:43 p.m.
Common Valerian Common Valerian - Valeriana officinalis subsp. collina dylan Blaise Castle 30 May 2022, 1:32 p.m. 29 May 2022, 4:44 p.m.

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Species Description

Widespread and local in the southern half of the UK on lighter well-drained calcareous soils such as limestone grassland, dry hillsides, old quarries etc.

Stace 4:

Ssp. collina (Wallr.) Nyman.

Stolons 0; middle stem-leaves mostly with 15-27 usually entire leaflets, the terminal one about as wide as the mid laterals; 2n=28. Dry calcareous soils in South & Central Britain.

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