Patrinia scabiosifolia

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Caprifoliaceae}}

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|image_caption=At the New York Botanical Garden

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|image2_caption=Close-up of flowers at Kōko-en

|genus=Patrinia

|species=scabiosifolia

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• Fedia scabiosifolia {{small|Trevir.}}
• Fedia serratulifolia {{small|Trevir.}}
• Patrinia diandra {{small|Kitag.}}
• Patrinia hispida {{small|Bunge}}
• Patrinia japonica {{small|(Miq.) Miq.}}
• Patrinia parviflora {{small|Siebold & Zucc.}}
• Patrinia scabiosifolia {{small|Fisch. ex Trevir.}}
• Patrinia scabiosifolia var. crassa {{small|Masam. & Satomi}}
• Patrinia scabiosifolia var. hispida {{small|(Bunge) Franch.}}
• Patrinia serratulifolia {{small|(Trevir.) Fisch. ex Rchb.}}
• Valeriana japonica {{small|Miq.}}

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Patrinia scabiosifolia, the eastern valerian or golden lace, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae.{{cite web |title=Patrinia scabiosifolia eastern valerian |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/82273/i-patrinia-scabiosifolia-i/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=4 August 2022 |quote=29 suppliers }}{{cite book |last1=Keys |first1=Andrew |date=2012 |title=Why grow that when you can grow this? 255 extraordinary alternatives to everyday problem plants |publisher=Timber Press |page=247 |isbn=9781604692860 }} It is native to southeastern Siberia, Mongolia, the Russian Far East, most of China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and the Ryukyu Islands, and it has been introduced to Irkutsk.{{cite POWO |id=859466-1 |title=Patrinia scabiosifolia Link |access-date=4 August 2022 }} In Japan it is one of the popular Seven Flowers of Autumn.{{cite book |last1=Lane |first1=Mark |date=24 September 2020 |title=Royal Gardens of the World : 21 Celebrated Gardens from the Alhambra to Highgrove and Beyond |url= |location=London |publisher=Kyle Books |isbn=9780857839282 }} A spreading perennial, it is readily available in commerce.