Scientific name: Alchemilla subcrenata Buser.
Diagnostic features
Plant medium.
Leaf-lobes 7-9, long, rounded at apex, with 13-17 coarse subobtuse teeth.
Basal sinus narrow.
Petioles and lower parts of stems with patent and usually reflexed hairs.
Upper part of stem and whole inflorescence glabrous.
Leaves pubescent, rather sparsely so on upperside.
Chromosome number: (2n=c.90, c.96, 104-110).
Habitat
Native; very local in Northwest Yorks and Co Durham, 1st found 1951.
This species is keyed out on Page 2245 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. |
