Alchemilla xanthochlora

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Alchemilla xanthochlora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Alchemilla
Species:
A. xanthochlora
Binomial name
Alchemilla xanthochlora
Synonyms
  • Alchemilla pratensis(F.W.Schmidt) Opiz
  • Potentilla xanthochlora(Rothm.) Christenh. & Väre

Alchemilla xanthochlora is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Rosaceae. [1]

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Description

A herbaceous perennial, with the habit often forming a mat-like layer of leaves on the ground.

Stems are erect to ascending, flowering stems growing up to 15-50 cm tall.

Leaves palmately 9-11 lobed but not separated into leaflets, petiole 8-15 cm long. The adaxial side is glabrous or with very little hair, while the abaxial side (just like stems and leaf petioles) has dense to erect trichomes. Leaf margins are toothed. [2] 423

Flowers typically 2.5 mm in diameter, greenish or yellowish, with the formed inflorescence being typically glabrous and resembling a cymose cluster. Sepals are 1 mm long, longer than the epicalyx. Flowers usually contain 4 stamens.

Fruits are achenes, each 1.5 mm long. [3]

Distribution

It is native to Europe and Northern America. [1] Introduced into Finland, Northwest European Russia, Eastern Australia (New South Wales and Victoria) and Eastern Canada. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alchemilla xanthochlora Rothm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. Stace, Clive A.; Thompson, Hilli (1992). New flora of the British isles. Cambridge: Cambridge university press. ISBN   978-0-521-42793-7.
  3. "PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System). Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2025-10-24.