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Celtic Spikenard
Valeriana celtica
Valeriana celtica is a species of plant in the Caprifoliaceae family. It is also known as Alpine valerian and valerian spikenard. It is endemic to the Eastern Alps (V. celtica subsp. norica) and to the Graian and Pennine Alps. It grows as a perennial herb. Until the 1930s, it was extensively harvested for export to Asia for use in perfumes. The root has been used as a folk remedy as a nerve tonic.
Where it lives
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.425
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.50
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.131
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.219
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.439
In the stacks
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Every page naming Valeriana celtica in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 487754.