*Valeriana jatamansi* Jones, Asiat. Res. 2: 405, 416 405 1790. syn: Valeriana wallichii DC.
Perennial herb up to 50 cm tall, with thick horizontal rootstock; basal leaves several, persistent, stalked, ovate-cordate, up to 7 cm long; stem leaves sessile, simple or 3-lobed; flowers white or tinged pink, in terminal corymb; fruit crowned with bearded pappus like calyx limb. Photographed from Nainital in April. <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UhTFj3NJIlQ/T5JAym6BVTI/AAAAAAAABHQ/37sh8V1aTw8/s1600/Valeriana-wallichii-Nainital-1a-IMG_0848.jpg> Valeriana-wallichii-Nainital-1a-IMG_0848 <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AmxxVNDro8o/T5JBGQHbHbI/AAAAAAAABHc/YeVDhkT9IUE/s1600/Valeriana-wallichii-Nainital-2-IMG_0852.jpg> Valeriana-wallichii-Nainital-2-IMG_0852 <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6ms2VErUsZk/T5JBdYVLjCI/AAAAAAAABHo/ysxi2bYO0YQ/s1600/Valeriana-wallichii-Nainital-4-IMG_0879.jpg> Valeriana-wallichii-Nainital-4-IMG_0879 Gurcharan Singh
