Scientific name: Alchemilla glomerulans Buser.
Diagnostic features
Plant medium.
Leaf-lobes usually 9, usually rounded, with 13-19 somewhat incurved subacute teeth.
Basal sinus rather wide.
Stems, petioles and leaves with subappressed hairs.
Whole inflorescence glabrous to subglabrous.
Chromosome number: (2n=64, c.101-110).
Habitat
Native.
Distribution
Local in North England and Scotland.
This species is keyed out on Page 2232 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. |
