Alchemilla glabra Neygenf.

Smooth lady's mantle (en), Alchemille glabre (fr), Alchémille glabre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Alchemilla

Characteristics

Plants medium-sized to occasionally very large, yellowish grass green to dark green, often reddish brown on exposed parts of stems and petioles. Stems glabrous or appressed-hairy proximally, glabrous distally. Leaves: stipules translucent, usually suffused with red proximally, translucent to pale green distally, ?lobes pale green; petiole glabrous or sparsely to densely appressed-hairy?; blade reniform-orbiculate, 7–9(–11)-lobed, margins flat or slightly undulate, basal sinuses narrow or wide, middle lobes as long as to longer than their half-widths, rounded to triangular-ovate; incisions absent; teeth ± connivent, slightly concave near apex, strongly asymmetric, apex subacute or obtuse, abaxial surface with nerves hairy throughout or in distal 1/2 only, internerve regions glabrous, adaxial glabrous or slightly hairy near margins, rarely (late-season leaves) hairy on folds. Inflorescences: primary branches glabrous. Pedicels glabrous. Flowers: epicalyx bractlet lengths 0.5 times sepals (narrower); hypanthium glabrous. Achenes exserted from discs.
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Herbs perennial, 30–60 cm tall. Rhizome robust. Stems tufted, erect, taller than the leaves, glabrous or only declinate hairy in lower part. Radical leaves many; stipules membranous, brown, glabrous; petiole 10–18 cm, glabrous; leaf blade cordate-orbicular, 3–5 × 6–8 cm, both surfaces glabrous, rarely slightly appressed hairy and margin ciliate, base cordate, margin 7–9-lobed and serrulate; cauline leaves 2–5, shortly petiolate or subsessile; stipules connate at base, glabrous, margin serrate; leaf blade small, margin 3–5-lobed. Inflorescences laxly corymbiform-cymose. Flowers ca. 3 mm in diam.; pedicel 1–2 mm, glabrous. Hypanthium glabrous, base slightly decurrent. Sepals yellow-green, triangular-ovate, subglabrous; epicalyx segments oblong-lanceolate, nearly 1/2 as long as sepals, subglarous.
A herb. The leaves have lobes spread out like fingers on a hand. There are 9 lobes The flowers are in tight clusters and are small and green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination apogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in pastures and by streams. It is often in damp soil.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

The leaves can be used as greens. Often they are mixed with other greens.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Alchemilla glabra habit picture by Daniel Bourget (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla glabra habit picture by David Demuez (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla glabra habit picture by dinkel benjamin (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Alchemilla glabra leaf picture by Jennifer Hedrich (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla glabra leaf picture by Vanessa Prioux (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla glabra leaf picture by Florence Pédelahore (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Alchemilla glabra flower picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla glabra flower picture by Pietro Brignoli (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla glabra flower picture by philippe caprasse (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Alchemilla glabra world distribution map, present in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:720597-1
WFO ID wfo-0000984092
COL ID BHPP
BDTFX ID 2564
INPN ID 81088
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Alchemilla libericola Alchemilla truncata Alchemilla heribaudii Alchemilla alpestris Alchemilla glareosa Alchemilla psilophylla Alchemilla lineata Alchemilla suecica Alchemilla alpestris Alchemilla glabra var. isocypha Alchemilla vulgaris subsp. alpestris Alchemilla vulgaris var. glabra Alchemilla vulgaris var. grandis Alchemilla vulgaris var. ciliata Alchemilla glabra var. dasyneura Alchemilla vulgaris var. truncata Alchemilla alpestris var. subreniformis Alchemilla glabra subsp. alpestris Alchemilla vulgaris var. conglomerata Alchemilla vulgaris var. maxima Alchemilla vulgaris subsp. glabra Alchemilla vulgaris var. glabrescens Alchemilla vulgaris var. alpestris Alchemilla glabra