Alchemilla vulgaris is an aggregate of several dozen species, differing mainly in leaf shape and leaf hairiness. All have flowers formed of four sepals and four smaller epicalyx lobes, which distinguish them from the garden plant alchemilla mollis as its flowers have sepals equal in size to the epicalyx lobes.
Common name:
Common lady's mantle
Family:
Scientific name:
Alchemilla vulgaris
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the British Isles; least common in southeast England and southern Ireland
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Mostly in hilly regions; also meadows and other grassy places
Flowers:
Greenish yellow, lacking petals, instead with four triangular sepals alternating with four shorter, narrower epicalyx lobes, and four (or five) stamens at the centre. Stem and sepals are sparsely long-hairy. Flowers are arranged in a branched cluster
Leaves:
Rounded, partly divided into five or seven lobes, lined with relatively large teeth
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
