Valeriana officinalis subsp. officinalis

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 53

(a) Subsp. officinalis :

Plant without stolons. Stems glabrous, with 6-13 pairs of leaves. Middle cauline leaves with 11-19 lanceolate, dentate leaflets, the terminal not wider than the middle lateral leaflets. Corolla 2-5-5 mm. Fruit 2-5-4 mm. 2/2= 14. Damp or dry meadows, scrub and woods. E., S.E. & E. C. Europe, extending to S. Sweden and the S. Alps and perhaps locally further west.