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Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the Rosaceae, commonly known as Lady's mantle. There are about 300 species, the majority native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of Europe and Asia, but a few species also present on the mountains of Africa, North America and South America.

These plants are used as a food plant by some Lepidopteraspecies, including Emperor Moth and Grizzled Skipper.

Some species, eg A. alpina, are used by gardeners in rock gardens.

Selected species

  • Alchemilla abyssinica
  • Alchemilla acutiloba
  • Alchemilla alpina : Lady's mantle
  • Alchemilla arvensis
  • Alchemilla conjuncta
  • Alchemilla elisabethae
  • Alchemilla ellenbeckii
  • Alchemilla epipsila
  • Alchemilla erythropoda
  • Alchemilla faeroensis
  • Alchemilla filicaulis
  • Alchemilla fulgens
  • Alchemilla glabra
  • Alchemilla glaucescens
  • Alchemilla glomerulans
  • Alchemilla gracilis
  • Alchemilla hoppeana
  • Alchemilla incisa
  • Alchemilla japonica
  • Alchemilla lapeyrousii
  • Alchemilla minima
  • Alchemilla mollis
  • Alchemilla monticola
  • Alchemilla pallens
  • Alchemilla pentaphylla
  • Alchemilla plicatula
  • Alchemilla rigida
  • Alchemilla sericata
  • Alchemilla sericea
  • Alchemilla speciosa
  • Alchemilla subcrenata
  • Alchemilla tytthantha
  • Alchemilla venosa
  • Alchemilla vetteri
  • Alchemilla xanthochlora

Image:Alchemilla mollis ies.jpg|Leaf and leaf-like, fused together stipules of Alchemilla mollis

Rosaceae

Løvefod | Frauenmantel | پای شیر | Rasaskrēsliņš | Rasakila | Daggkåpor

 

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