Caprifoliaceae
Red valerian
Valeriana rubra
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Valeriana
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- وشعة حمراء, واليريان أحمر
- arz
- وشعه حمراء
- Asturian
- Chifra
- Basque
- San Jorge lore
- Catalan
- Herba de Sant Jordi, Valériane Rouge
- Chinese
- 距缬草, 距药草
- Croatian
- Crveni mavonj
- Czech
- Mavuň červená
- Danish
- Rød Sporebaldrian
- Dutch
- Spoorbloem, Rode spoorbloem
- English
- Red valerian, Devil's beard, Fox's brush, Jupiter's beard, Kiss-me-quick, Spur valerian
- Finnish
- Punavirma
- French
- Centranthe rouge, Valériane Rouge, Lilas d'Espagne
- Galician
- Alfinete
- German
- Rote Spornblume, Valériane Rouge
- Hebrew
- חד-אבקן אדום
- hsb
- Čerwjena wotrožnička
- Hungarian
- Piros sarkantyúvirág
- kw
- Pennow medhow
- Lithuanian
- Valériane Rouge
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rød sporeblom
- Persian
- والرین کاذب قرمز
- Polish
- Ostrogowiec czerwony
- Slovak
- Centrant červený
- Slovenian
- Navadna rdeča špajka
- Spanish
- Alfeñique, Centranto, Milamores, Alfeñiques, Barba de Jupiter, Ierba de mil flores, Sopas en vino, Yerba de mil flores
- Swedish
- Pipört, Valériane Rouge
- Turkish
- Kırmızı kedi otu
- Ukrainian
- Центрантус червоний
- Welsh
- Triaglog goch
Synonyms
- Centranthus latifolius Dufr.
- Centranthus marinus Gray
- Centranthus maritimus DC.
- Centranthus maritimus Gray
- Centranthus ruber (L.) DC.
- Centranthus ruber subsp. sibthorpii (Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss.) Hayek
- Centranthus ruber var. sibthorpii (Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss.) Halácsy
- Centranthus ruber var. velenovskyi (Vandas) I.Richardson
- Centranthus sibthorpii Heldr. & Sartori
- Centranthus velenovskyi Vandas
- Kentranthus ruber (L.) Druce
- Ocymastrum rubrum (L.) Kuntze
- Ocymastrum sibthorpii (Heldr. & Sartori ex Boiss.) Kuntze
- Valeriana alba Mazziari
- Valeriana florida Salisb.
- Valeriana hortensis Garsault
Flowers
- In flower
- April to November (from 4,053 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
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More in Valeriana
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- Narrow-fruited cornsaladValeriana dentataCaprifoliaceae
- Valeriana celticaCaprifoliaceae
- Dwarf valerianValeriana montanaCaprifoliaceae
- Tuberous valerianValeriana tuberosaCaprifoliaceae
- Three-leaved valerianValeriana tripterisCaprifoliaceae
- Valeriana cornucopiaeCaprifoliaceae
- Nardostachys jatamansi (Jones ex Roxb.) DC.Valeriana jatamansiCaprifoliaceae
- European cornsaladValeriana carinataCaprifoliaceae
- Italian cornsaladValeriana eriocarpaCaprifoliaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.