Alchemilla woodii Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Alchemilla

Characteristics

Upright to decumbent herb; stem 50 mm high, rhizomatous; hirsute, hairs patent. Leaves with petioles short to sessile; lamina 3-lobed, incised up to 2/3 of radius, crenations oblong; upper surface glabrescent, lower surface hirsute. Stipules broad, basally joined to stem for a few millimeters. Inflorescence hirsute, dichotomously branched. Flowers yellow and minute; episepals minute. Flowering time Sept.-Apr.
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Perennial herb; mat-forming; patently hirsute. Stems procumbent; unarmed. Leaves simple, petiolate; blade incised to up to 2/3 of radius, upper surface glabrescent, lower surface hirsute; petioles 1-12 mm long; stipules ovate. Flowers: yellow; Nov.-Jan.
Prostrate herb. Hairs on stem hirsute, patent. Leaf lobes 3, incised to up to two-thirds of the radius, upper surface glabrescent, lower surface hirsute, petiole 1-12 mm long. Episepals minute. Flowers yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified)
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 -

Distribution

Alchemilla woodii world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:721089-1
WFO ID wfo-0000986694
COL ID BJBG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Alchemilla woodii Alchemilla wilmsii