Valerian (herb) Valerian (herb) Valerian ("Valeriana officinalis", Caprifoliaceae) is a perennial flowering plant native to Europe and Asia. In the summer when the mature plant may have a height of , it bears sweetly scented pink or white flowers that attract many fly species, especially hoverflies of the genus "Eristalis". It is consumed as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species, including the grey pug. Crude extract of valerian root may have sedative and anxiolytic effects, and is commonly sold in dietary supplement capsules to promote sleep. Valerian has been used as a medicinal herb since at least
Valerian Pereverzev of the "Literary Encyclopedia" from 1929 to 1930. In 1921 he became a professor at Moscow State University. His work examined the works of Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Ivan Goncharov. Pereverzev maintained that an author's style is determined by class milieu. Pereverzev died in Moscow. Valerian Pereverzev Valerian Fedorovich Pereverzev (5 (17) October 1882 – 5 May 1968) was a Soviet literary scholar. He and his associates published the 1928 collection "Literary Criticism," a controversial key text in what was called the "Pereverzev school." Pereverzev was born in Bobrov (now Voronezh Oblast). He studied physics and mathematics at the