Scientific name: Alchemilla monticola Opiz
Diagnostic features
Plant medium.
Leaf-lobes 9-11, rounded, with 15-19 slightly incurved acute teeth.
Basal sinus ± closed.
Petioles, leaves, stems and lowest inflorescence-branches with ± dense patent hairs.
Ultimate inflorescence-branches and pedicels glabrous.
Hypanthium glabrous to sparsely pubescent.
Chromosome number: (c.101-109).
Habitat
Native.
Distribution
Very local in Northwest Yorks and Co Durham, rare escape elsewhere in England.
This species is keyed out on Page 2242 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. |
