Alchemilla

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Alchemilla

Alchemilla vulgaris
Botanical illustration of Alchemilla vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Rosaceae
Subfamily:  | Rosoideae
Tribe:  | Potentilleae
Subtribe:  | Fragariinae
Genus:  | Alchemilla

Type species
A. vulgaris

Species

See text

Synonyms[1]

* Alchimilla Mill.
* Aphanes L.
* Lachemilla (Focke) Rydb.
* Percepier Moench
* Zygalchemilla Rydb.

Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae, with the common name lady's mantle applied generically as well as specifically to Alchemilla mollis when referred to as a garden plant. The plant used as a herbal tea or for medicinal usage such as gynaecological disorders is Alchemilla xanthochlora or in Middle Europe the so-called common lady's mantle Alchemilla vulgaris. There are about 700 species, the majority native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of Europe and Asia, with a few species native to the mountains of Africa and the Americas.[2]

Most species of Alchemilla are clump-forming or mounded perennials with basal leaves arising from woody rhizomes. Some species have leaves with lobes that radiate from a common point and others have divided leaves—both are typically fan-shaped with small teeth at the tips. The long-stalked, gray-green to green leaves are often covered with soft hairs, and show a high degree of water-resistance (see Lotus effect). Green to bright chartreuse flowers are small, have no petals and appear in clusters above the foliage in late spring and summer.

## Selected species

* Alchemilla abyssinica Fresen.
* Alchemilla alpina L. — alpine lady's mantle
* Alchemilla argyrophylla Oliv.
* Alchemilla barbatiflora Juzepczuk
* Alchemilla bursensis Pawł.
* Alchemilla conjuncta Bab.
* Alchemilla diademata Rothm. — diadem lady's mantle
* Alchemilla ellenbeckii Engl.
* Alchemilla erythropoda — dwarf lady's mantle
* Alchemilla filicaulis Buser — thinstem lady's mantle
* Alchemilla flabellata Buser — fan lady's mantle
* Alchemilla glabra Neygenf. — smooth lady's mantle
* Alchemilla glaucescens Wallr. — waxy lady's mantle
* Alchemilla glomerulans Buser — clustered lady's mantle
* Alchemilla gracilis Engl.
* Alchemilla hungarica Soó
* Alchemilla japonica Nakai & H. Hara
* Alchemilla jaroschenkoi Grossh. — holotrichous lady's mantle
* Alchemilla johnstonii Oliv.
* Alchemilla lapeyrousii Buser — Lapeyrous' lady's mantle
* Alchemilla mollis (Buser) Rothm.
* Alchemilla monticola Opiz — hairy lady's mantle
* Alchemilla orbiculata Ruiz & Pav.
* Alchemilla sericata Rchb.
* Alchemilla splendens Christ ex Favrat
* Alchemilla stricta Rothm.
* Alchemilla subcrenata Buser — broadtooth lady's mantle
* Alchemilla stuhlmanii
* Alchemilla subcrenata
* Alchemilla subnivalis Baker f.
* Alchemilla triphylla Rothm.
* Alchemilla venosa Buser — boreal lady's mantle
* Alchemilla vestita
* Alchemilla vulgaris L.
* Alchemilla wichurae (Buser) Stefanss. — grassland lady's mantle
* Alchemilla xanthochlora Rothm.

## References

1. ↑ "Alchemilla L." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/30008181-2.
2. ↑ "Alchemilla L.". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2910256.

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