Scientific name: Alchemilla xanthochlora Rothm.
Diagnostic features
Plant medium.
Leaf-lobes 7-11, rounded, with 11-15 straight acute teeth.
Basal sinus wide.
Stems, petioles and leaf lowerside with dense patent or erecto-patent hairs.
Inflorescence glabrous or nearly so.
Leaf upperside glabrous or with very sparse hairs in folds.
Chromosome number: 2n=c.107.
Habitat
Native; ± throughout range of agg., common in North, very local in Southeast England and South Ireland.
This species is keyed out on Page 2239 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. |
