Alchemilla xanthochlora Rothm.

Lady's mantle (en), Alchemille vert jaunâtre (fr), Alchémille jaunâtre (fr), Alchémille vert jaune (fr), Alchémille commune (fr), Alchémille vert jaunâtre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Alchemilla

Characteristics

Plants large, yellowish green to green, rarely with reddish orange leaf margins, ?robust, compact often with rather rigid stems, 40–60 cm?. Stems usually densely spreading-hairy, sometimes sparsely in distal 1/2. Leaves: stipules translucent, colorless proximally, ?lobes green, quickly turning brownish; petiole thickly, densely pubescent (hairs patent or, when not fully developed, slightly ascending)?; blade reniform to orbiculate, 7–11-lobed, margins flat or slightly undulate, basal sinuses wide, ?basal lobes not overlapping?, middle lobes equal to longer than their half-widths and rounded, or as long as wide and straight-sided; incisions usually absent, sometimes relatively short; teeth sometimes proximal sides at least slightly connivent, side slightly concave near apex, usually slightly, sometimes markedly, asymmetric, apex acute to subobtuse, abaxial surface with nerves hairy throughout, internerve regions uniformly or irregularly hairy throughout, adaxial ?yellowish to light green?, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely hairy on teeth, margins, and folds or on some folds only. Inflorescences: primary branches densely hairy; ?peduncles sparsely hairy or glabrous?. Pedicels glabrous or some of the proximal rarely sparsely hairy. Flowers: epicalyx bractlet lengths 0.5 times to almost equal to sepals (narrower); hypanthium usually glabrous or sparsely hairy (on proximalmost flowers). Achenes exserted 1/3 from discs.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination apogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist meadows, open woods, pastures and also on rock ledges in mountainous areas.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Alchemilla xanthochlora habit picture by Guy DR (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla xanthochlora habit picture by Pierre Sosson (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla xanthochlora habit picture by Terje Norli (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Alchemilla xanthochlora leaf picture by Dennis Claessens (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla xanthochlora leaf picture by Luzius Frei (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla xanthochlora leaf picture by Dieter Cuypers (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Alchemilla xanthochlora flower picture by Eric Tiré (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla xanthochlora flower picture by Luzius Frei (cc-by-sa)
Alchemilla xanthochlora flower picture by Guy DR (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

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

Conservation status

Alchemilla xanthochlora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:721091-1
WFO ID wfo-0000985078
COL ID BJBJ
BDTFX ID 2775
INPN ID 81195
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Alchemilla xanthochlora f. sericans Alchemilla xanthochlora Alchemilla xanthochlora f. adpressepilosa Alchemilla gottsteiniana Alchemilla vulgaris var. pratensis Alchemilla vulgaris var. xanthochlora Alchemilla vulgaris subsp. xanthochlora Alchemilla xanthochlora f. amphitricha