Botanical Family · Dipsacales
Valerianaceae
Valeriana Family
1 speciesOrder Dipsacales
The Valerianaceae family (Valeriana Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Dipsacales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a herb.
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Opposite, often pinnately divided leaves on herbs with a strong, musky, distinctive root odour; small, bilaterally symmetrical, tubular flowers with a small basal spur or pouch cluster into dense, rounded heads.
The root's strong, musky scent, unpleasant to most humans but famously irresistible to cats much like catnip, is the basis of its long traditional use as a mild sedative and sleep aid.
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