Valerian Oil

  Valerian is a tallish plant with clusters of pink, less common white flowers. A perennial grows to 4-5 feet. Leaves strongly divided, pinnate with lance-shaped leaflets; lower ones toothed. Tiny pale pink to whitish, tubular flowers, grow in three-forked terminal heads in tight clusters, each flower has a small in rolled calyx at the base in a fruits form, calyces become feathery parachutes. Blooms from June till July.