Alchemilla alpina
Sp. Pl. 1: 123. 1753.
Plants dwarfed, green to dark green, carpet-forming, 5–20 cm, rarely taller. Stems appressed to ascending-hairy. Leaves: stipules translucent, quickly turning brownish; blade ± orbiculate, palmately compound, leaflets 5–7, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, apices with 7–11 teeth, margins flat, abaxial surface sericeous, adaxial shiny, glabrous. Inflorescences: primary branches densely appressed-hairy. Pedicels usually shorter than hypanthia, densely appressed-hairy. Flowers: epicalyx bractlet lengths 0.5 or less times sepals; hypanthium densely pubescent; sepals erect after flowering. Achenes not exserted.
Phenology: Flowering mid Jun–mid Sep.
Habitat: Meadows, herb slopes, moist rock ledges
Elevation: 0–500(–1000) m
Distribution
Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), Europe
Discussion
In the flora area, Alchemilla alpina is possibly introduced except in Greenland.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.