新疆缬草 xin jiang xie cao

Valeriana longiflora Regel & Schmalhausen, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 384. 1880, not Willkomm (1851).

Plants 10-35 cm tall, subglabrous throughout. Rhizomes horizontal or ascending, 1-2 cm, apex covered with fibrous remains of old leaves; roots fibrous. Stems erect. Basal leaves in 1-3 pairs; petiole 3-6 cm; blade ovate-orbicular, 1-2.5 × 1-2 cm, simple, subentire to crenulate; cauline leaves 2- or 3-paired; petiole 0.5-2.5 cm; blade obovate-oblong, ca. 4 × 2-4 cm, lyrate; lobes 3-5, terminal lobe ovate or suborbicular, 2-3.5 cm; lateral lobes smaller, lanceolate to linear. Inflorescence capitate at anthesis, ca. 1.5 cm in diam., becoming lax and broader in fruit; bracts and bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Corolla rose, funnelform, 5-6 mm; lobes oblong, 2-2.5 mm. Stamens and style exserted. Achenes ovoid-ellipsoid, glabrous. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 16.

Forests, alpine meadows; 2300-3900 m. Xinjiang [Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, N Pakistan].

The Chinese record of Valeriana turczaninovii Grubov (in FRPS 73(1): 41. 1986) is referable to V. fedtschenkoi.