Alchemilla mollis (Buser) Rothm.

Lady's-mantle (en), Alchémille molle (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Alchemilla

Characteristics

Plants large to very large, yellowish green, ?to 80 cm, often very robust, densely hairy, hairs patent, soft?. Stems densely spreading-hairy (to inflorescences). Leaves: stipules translucent, usually pale pink proximally, ?lobes turning brownish?; blade orbiculate or reniform-orbiculate, 9–11-lobed, margins flat or slightly undulate, basal sinuses narrow to almost closed, ?basal lobes sometimes overlapping?, middle lobes ?with lateral sides convex or slightly concave at base?, shorter than to as long as their half-widths; incisions absent; teeth slightly connivent or not, ± symmetric, apex acute or subacute, surfaces densely hairy throughout. Inflorescences: primary branches densely hairy; ?peduncles pubescent or almost glabrous?. Pedicels glabrous. Flowers: epicalyx bractlet lengths 1 times sepals (as wide), ?often with blunt teeth, glabrous; epicalyx bractlets and sepals patent after flowering, giving appearance of an 8-point star?; hypanthium usually densely, occasionally sparsely, hairy (in proximal 1/2). Achenes exserted from discs (distinctly longer than hypanthia).
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A clump forming soft stemmed herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40-60 cm high and spreads 50-75 cm wide. The leaves have a downy softness. They are rounded and grey-green. The flowers are tiny and greenish-yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination apogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.6
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on woodland margins. It is especially on moist soils. Plants are frost hardy. It suits hardiness zones 4-9.
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Not known
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 5-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The sharp young leaves are added to Swiss tea blends and added in small amounts to salads.
Uses environmental use medicinal tea
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It self seeds freely. Plants can also be grown by division.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Alchemilla mollis habit picture by chiju (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla mollis habit picture by Michel Gocik (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla mollis habit picture by Alexandre Labbe (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Alchemilla mollis leaf picture by Severin Ronald (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla mollis leaf picture by Johan (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla mollis leaf picture by marco rohwedder (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Alchemilla mollis flower picture by Else Nolden (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla mollis flower picture by Krishna (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla mollis flower picture by Stoegerer Franz (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Alchemilla mollis fruit picture by Else Nolden (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla mollis fruit picture by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Alchemilla mollis world distribution map, present in Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:720776-1
WFO ID wfo-0001018841
COL ID BHWZ
BDTFX ID 81999
INPN ID 610820
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Alchemilla acutiloba Alchemilla montana Alchemilla glareosa Alchemilla mollis f. catillaris Alchemilla acutiloba subsp. mollis Alchemilla vulgaris var. pilosissima Alchemilla acutiloba subsp. catillaris Alchemilla vulgaris var. major Alchemilla acutiloba var. mollis Potentilla alchemollis Alchemilla vulgaris subsp. acutiloba Alchemilla mollis