Sitka Valerian, Mountain Heliotrope
Valeriana sitchensis
Synonyms: Valerianella sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis ssp. sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis var. hookeri, Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis
![Sitka Valerian, Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis (Synonyms: Valerianella sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis ssp. sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis var. hookeri, Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis)](../../../mtadams/5/val/valerian/valsitchensis.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence
of Sitka valerian as seen on a small side road veering east off of the King
Mt. Rd #200, immediately prior to reaching the Yakama Tract D Boundary.........May
28, 2005.
![Stem leaves of Sitka Valerian, Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis (Synonyms: Valerianella sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis ssp. sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis var. hookeri, Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis)](../../../mtadams/5/val/valerian/valsitchensislf.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the stem leaves of Sitka
valerian as seen on a small side road veering east off of the King Mt. Rd #200,
immediately prior to reaching the Yakama Tract D Boundary.........May
28, 2005.
- ![Sitka Valerian, Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis (Synonyms: Valerianella sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis ssp. sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis var. hookeri, Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis)](sitchensis/sitchensis07-04-2020.jpg)
Masses of sitka valerian blooming at left along the Umbrella Falls Trail about one-quarter mile south of Umbrella Falls, Mt. Hood National Forest.........July 17, 2017. The photo at right shows sitka valerian in bloom along the McClellan Meadows Trail #157 about one mile west of the Indian Heaven Wilderness boundary, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......July 4, 2020.
![Sitka Valerian, Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis (Synonyms: Valerianella sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis ssp. sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis var. hookeri, Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis)](sitchensis/sitchensis15a.jpg)
Basal leaves of Sitka valerian as seen along the Juniper Ridge Trail #261 in the Dark Divide, Gifford Pinchot National Forest............September 13, 2014.
![Basal leaves of Sitka Valerian, Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis (Synonyms: Valerianella sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis ssp. sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis var. hookeri, Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis)](sitchensis/sitchensis05-17-2015.jpg)
Basal leaves of Sitka valerian and young stems arising from the ground as seen along the Eightmile Loop Trail, Mount Hood National Forest...........May 17, 2015.
- ![Sitka Valerian, Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis (Synonyms: Valerianella sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis ssp. sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis var. hookeri, Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis)](sitchensis/sitchensis07-06-2019b.jpg)
Sitka valerian in bloom along the Timberline Trail on ski slopes at the Mount Hood Meadows Ski Area.......July 6, 2019.
![Inflorescence of Sitka Valerian, Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis (Synonyms: Valerianella sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis ssp. sitchensis, Valeriana sitchensis var. hookeri, Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis)](sitchensis/sitchensis06-21-2015.jpg)
A close-up of the inflorescence of sitka valerian as seen along the Strawberry Mountain Trail #220, boundary of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Mount Saint Helens National Monument..........June 21, 2015.
Paul Slichter