Red Valerian
Valeriana rubra L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 91 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Caprifoliaceae
Also called Jupiter's-beard, Bovisand-sailor, Pretty Betsy, Spur valerian
Formerly Centranthus latifolius, Centranthus marinus, Centranthus maritimus, Centranthus ruber, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Azores, S. Europe, NW. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, red, pink, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Rote Spornblume
- Portuguese
- Alfinetes, Boliana, Cuidado-dos-homens
- Catalan
- andianeta, herba de Sant Jordi
- Italian
- Valeriana rossa
- French
- Valériane rouge, centranthe rouge, lilas d'Espagne
- Spanish
- Valeriana roja, milamores
- Czech
- mavuň červená
- Danish
- Rød sporebaldrian
- Dutch
- Spoorbloem, Rode spoorbloem
- Russian
- Валериана красная
- Croatian
- Mamuzica, Crvena ostrugica, Mavonj
- Japanese
- ベニカノコソウ
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Valeriana rubra (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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