Cochise County Herbarium - Arizona State University (ASU:CCH)
ASU0302206
f181bec4-53b0-4aee-96ad-5b9651c8f0f2
2604
Valeriana arizonica A. Gray
Valerianaceae
R. Ballard
R Ballard
549
2009-04-22
USA, Arizona, Cochise, Huachuca Mountains, Carr Peak trail, trailside
31.4133 -110.3016
2640 meters
ca. ft
montane rock debris
perennial succulent herb; stems ca. 20 cm tall, hollow, green, becoming red-brown upward; basal leaves opposite, ovate, entire, glabrous, petiole sheathing, ca. 3-5 cm long, blade ca. 3 cm long by 2 cm wide; cauline leaves odd pinnate, 7-9 pinnules, ca. 5 cm long by 3.5 cm wide, becoming smaller and sessile distally, spaced ca. 6 cm apart along the stem; inflorescence of opposite, bracteate, umbelliform cymose panicles; flowers tubular, ovary inferior, cylindrical, ca. 4 mm long; corolla salverform, white, suffused with light purple, ca. 6 mm long, five limbs ca. 2 mm long; stamens three; pistil one, exerted, ca. 7 mm long