''Patrinia gibbosa'', the swollen patrinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and ea ...

, native to northern Japan and the

Kuril Islands The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the ...

. A clumping perennial, it is smaller than the better-known ''

Patrinia scabiosifolia ''Patrinia scabiosifolia'', the eastern valerian or golden lace, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is native to southeastern Siberia, Mongolia, the Russian Far East, most of China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and the Ryu ...

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Valerianoideae Garden plants of Asia Flora of Japan Flora of the Kuril Islands Plants described in 1868 {{Dipsacales-stub