Scientific name: Alchemilla glabra Neygenf.
Diagnostic features
Plant large.
Leaf-lobes 7-9(11), rounded or with straightish sides, with 11-19 somewhat incurved subacute teeth.
Basal sinus wide.
Pubescence distributed as in Alchemilla wichurae but sparser, sometimes only on lowest 1-2 stem-internodes.
Chromosome number: (2n=96-100, 102-110).
Habitat
Native; almost throughout range of aggregate, but almost absent from England South of Peak District.
This species is keyed out on Page 2233in 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. |
