Scientific name: Alchemilla glaucescens Wallr.
Diagnostic features
Plant small.
Leaf-lobes (5)7-9, rounded, with 9-11 straight subobtuse teeth.
Basal sinus ± closed.
Whole plant with ± dense patent to erecto-patent hairs.
Chromosome number: 2n=c.110.
Habitat
Native; very local in North England, Northwest & Southeast Scotland, Northwest Ireland, rare escape elsewhere in England.
This species is keyed out on Page 2237 in the Text Key.
Note
This species belongs to the Alchemilla vulgaris L. aggregate (Lady's-mantle). The species in this aggregate are particularly critical. They are characterized by the general description:
Stems to 60(80)cm, often much less, decumbent to ascending.
Leaves up to 7(10)cm, often much less, simple, palmately lobed less than1/2 way to base, glabrous to densely pubescent.
Habitat: Damp rich grassland, woodland margins and rides, rock-ledges.
Distribution: Throughout most of Britain and Ireland but rare or absent in most of Southeast England. |
