Flora of North America species comparison

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Alchemilla mollis

garden lady's mantle, lady's-mantle, soft lady's-mantle
Habit 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).

Alchemilla mollis
Phenology Flowering late Jul–Sep.
Habitat Densely vegetated lake shores
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
BC; ON; Europe (e Carpathians); w Asia (Caucasus, Turkey) [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 309.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Alchemilla
Sibling taxa
A. alpina, A. filicaulis, A. glabra, A. glaucescens, A. glomerulans, A. micans, A. monticola, A. subcrenata, A. venosa, A. wichurae, A. xanthochlora
Synonyms A. acutiloba var. mollis
Name authority (Buser) Rothmaler: Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 347. (1934)
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