The rose subfamily Rosoideae consists of more than 850 species, including many shrubs, perennial herbs, and fruit plants such as strawberries and brambles. Only a few are annual herbs.
Aphanes (parsley-piert) is a genus of around 20 species in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to Europe, Asia and Australia. A 2003 study indicated that Aphanes may belong to the genus Alchemilla, commonly called lady's-mantle. They are slender, annual prostrate herbs, much-branched with deeply lobed leaves, pilose and on short petioles. The tiny green to yellow flowers without petals grow in clusters in the denticulate leaflike stipules.
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae, with the common name lady's mantle applied generically as well as specifically to Alchemilla mollis when referred to as a garden plant. The plant used as a herbal tea or for medicinal usage such as gynaecological disorders is Alchemilla xanthochlora or in Middle Europe the so-called common lady's mantle Alchemilla vulgaris. There are about 700 species, the majority native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of Europe and Asia, with a few species native to the mountains of Africa and the Americas.
This article gives an overview of the calcicolous grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
Alchemilla alpina, commonly known as alpine lady's-mantle, is an arctic-montane herbaceous perennial plant native to Europe and Southern Greenland.
Alchemilla mollis, the garden lady's-mantle or lady's-mantle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. This herbaceous perennial plant is native to Southern Europe and grown throughout the world as an ornamental garden plant. It grows 30 to 45 cm tall, with leaves that are palmately veined, with a scalloped and serrated margin. The stipules are noteworthy in that they are fused together and leaf like. The chartreuse yellow flowers are held in dense clusters above the foliage. A. mollis has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The plant self-seeds freely and can become invasive.
NVC community CG10 is one of the calcicolous grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. Of the upland group of calcicolous grasslands, it is the only one with a short sward associated with heavy grazing.
British NVC community MG3 is one of the mesotrophic grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of four such communities associated with well-drained permanent pastures and meadows.
Cornriggs Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Upper Weardale in north-west County Durham, England. It consists of a group of fields, located in the Wear valley, 1 km north-west of the village of Cowshill. Most of the fields are maintained as hay meadows by traditional farming methods.
Rigg Farm and Stake Hill Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of County Durham, England. It is situated in Lunedale, on the north side of Grassholme Reservoir, close to the hamlet of Thringarth.
Alchemilla erythropoda, the dwarf lady's mantle, is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Eastern Europe. It forms a clump of hairy, palmate leaves up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) high, with sprays of green-yellow flowers in early summer. The leaves of this and its relative A. mollis are noted for being highly water-repellent. It is smaller than A. mollis, however, and its leaves may develop a reddish tinge if grown in full sun.
Alchemilla vulgaris, common name Lady's mantle, is an herbaceous perennial plant in Europe and Greenland. These perennial wildflowers, members of the rose family, are sometimes grown in gardens - mainly for their leaves, which collect sparkling water droplets.
Alchemilla bursensis is a species of lady's mantle that is endemic to two sites in northwestern Turkey; the Tahtaköprü forest and near Sincanlı. It inhabits streamsides and banks under beech forests. It is likely to be threatened by climate change and forestry.
Alchemilla jaroschenkoi, the holotrichous lady's mantle, is a species of lady's mantle that is endemic to Azerbaijan, where it is only known from near Kiçik Cheurly. It is found in alpine meadows and pastures.
Alchemilla stricta is a species of lady's mantle that is endemic to Turkey. It is only known from five locations; around Kağızman, Lake Abant, Sarıkamış, Karagöl-Sahara and the Efeler forest. It is found in marshy ground by lakes or streams.
Common lady's mantle is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
Potentilleae is a tribe of the rose family, Rosaceae.
Alchemilla monticola, also called hairy lady's mantle, is a species of plant belonging to the family Rosaceae.
Alchemilla flabellata, the fan lady's mantle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to central and southern Europe, Ukraine, and possibly central European Russia, and is locally extinct in Czechoslovakia. It prefers to grow in mountainous areas in calcareous meadows.
Alchemilla tytthantha, the Crimean lady's mantle, is a species of lady's mantle found in Europe. It is originally native to Crimea, but has been introduced to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, and Great Britain. It was first reported in Britain in 1956 and has been treated as a weed in Britain since.
