Common Name: common valerian , garden heliotropeScientific Name: Valeriana officinalis L.Family Name: Valerianaceae - Valerian FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes Stemsupright, tall, stout, grooved, singly, pubescent being more so at nodes Leavesopposite, pinnately divided, lanceolate segments with toothed margins, segments off-set, entire above, petioled becoming shorter above, scattered hairs below Flowers5-petaled, white to lavender, narrow tubular in shape; panicles, terminal and axillary above, large, open, branched