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Alchemilla schlechteriana Rothm.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Alchemilla

Characteristics

Perennial herb; stem trailing 0.3-0.6 m long; filiform and villous, hairs patent. Leaves: petioles 10-12 mm long; lamina 15 x 20 mm, glabrous above, sericeous below, 5-lobed. Stipules 6-7 x 3-4 mm, lobes truncate, 3-toothed on both sides. Inflorescence 50-100 mm long, simple or somewhat branched, bracteate. Flowers solitary in axils of bracts, 3 mm long, densely hairy outside; episepals 4, at least 1/2 length of sepals, lobes incised to 1/7-1/2 the length; sepals 0.50-0.75 mm long; hypanthium 1.25 mm long; stamens 4; style 1, stigma globose; carpel 1. Flowering time Dec.-Apr.
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Planta habitu A. capensis, robustior, major. Folia 1.5 cm longa, 2 cm lata, supra glabra, subtus sericea, ad 1/5 radii longit. incisa, 5-loba lobis truncatis, dentibus utrinque 3, apicali breviore. Petioli 10-12 mm longi, stipulis 6-7 mm longiis, 3-4 mm latis. Inflorescentiae 5-10 cm longae, simplices vel paulo ramosae, bracteosae. Flores solitarii in axillis bractearum, 3 mm longae, extus dense hirsutae, hypanthio 1.25 mm longo, sepalis 4 ovatis, episepalis 4, 1/2-3/4 sepalorum longitudinem attingentibus. Stamina 4. Stylus 1, stigmate globoso.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 7-8
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Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
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Distribution

Alchemilla schlechteriana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:720956-1
WFO ID wfo-0001017000
COL ID BJ5Y
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Synonyms

Alchemilla schlechteriana
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