Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis)

From Mount Rainier National Park:

Know Thy Wildflowers: Sitka Valerian
(Valeriana sitchensis)

While blooming wildflowers fill your eyes with color, they can also tickle your nose with perfume. One flower noted for it's sweet, heavy scent is Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis). A taller plant (24-47 in/60-120 cm) with square stems, Sitka Valerian flowers bob above the other meadow wildflowers, the breeze easily carrying their scent. Common is subalpine regions, they are currently blooming across the park.

Wildflower Reports: http://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/wildflower-status.htm

NPS photo of Sitka Valerian in the subalpine meadows around Tipsoo Lake, June 17, 2015. ~kl