Valerianaceae

V. dioscoridis Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Prodr. Fl. Graec. 1:21 (1806). Syn: V. italica Lam., Illustr. 1:92 (1791) pro parte; V. sisymbriifolia d'Urv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 1:22 (1822) non Vahl (1806); V. silifolia C. Koch in Linnaea 19:32 (1847). Ic: Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graeca 1: t. 33 (1806). Map 78, p. 555.
Perennial herb. Rhizome praemorse, giving rise to fusiform roots. Stems solitary, sturdy, erect, hollow, subsulcate. Basal leaves glabrous or puberulent, pinnate, (!-)3-9(-13)-lobed, occasionally pinnatisect; lobes ovate-orbicular, repand to crenate, sometimes serrate, terminal lobes larger than laterals; petioles long, usually equal to, or longer than the lobed part of leaf. Cauline leaves few, pinnate, with lanceolate lobes; petioles amplexicaul, usually free at base. Inflorescence soon spreading in fruit. Flowers pink, fragrant. Achene pilose between the veins, often glabrous when mature, 4-5 x 1-1?5 mm. Pappus segments 12-14. Fl. 2-5. Rocky slopes and scrub, s.l.-1500 m.
Type: [Turkey C3 Antalya] prope Limyrum fluvium Lyciae, D. Hawkins.
Mainly Outer Anatolia, Islands. A1(E) Tekirdağ: Tekirdağ to Malkara, above Kumbağ, 3-50 m, Dudley, D. 34681! A3 Bilecik: Osmaneli to Bilecik, 200 m, D. 42057! A5 Samsun: Kizilirmak, Kral Yatiği, 450 m, Tobey 1820! A6 Amasya: Erbaa to Çatalan, 400 m, Tobey 1569! A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane, 1400 m, Stainton 8310! Bl Balikesir: Kaz Da., 15 km from Beypinar to Zeytinli, 500 m, Dudley, D. 34861! Cl Muğla: Marmaris, Yarimadasi, 300 m, D. 34861! C2 Muğla: Marmaris, 30 m, D. 25239! C3 Antalya: at ruins of Belkis, A. & T. Baytop 7913! C4 Içel: Mut to Ermenek, Adras Da., 1300 m, Coode & Jones 983! C5 Içel: Tarsus, between Ulaş and Samlar, 350 m, D. 26427! C6 Gaziantep: Dülük Baba, c. 7 km N. of Gaziantep, 1100 m, D. 23044! Is: Lesvos, Rech. 5497; Khios, Orphanides; Ikaria, Rech. 4331; Samos, Gathorne-Hardy 614! Kalimnos, Fors.-Maj.; Kos, Fors.-Maj. 914! Khalki, Gathorne-Hardy 784! Rodhos, Rech. 7081.
Cyprus, Lebanon, Palestine, Greece, S. Yugoslavia, S. Bulgaria, Albania. E. Medit. element.