ALPINE LADY'S MANTLE

Alchemilla Alpina

Rose Family [Rosaceae]

10th July 2009, Base Brown, Borrowdale Valley, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Carpeting the short grass on top of a mountain.

12th June 2009, Sticks Pass, Glenridding, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Amidst rock-spoil from Greenside Mine, over 1000 feet high.

12th June 2009, Sticks Pass, Glenridding, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Leaves with between five and seven narrow, quite separate, lobes, arranged over 270°. Edges with a white or silvery border and toothed, especially the extremities. Flowers are tiny and pale greeny yellow.

12th June 2009, Sticks Pass, Glenridding, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Silver-edged leaves, flowers on a branched stalk.

12th June 2009, Sticks Pass, Glenridding, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Flowers with four yellow-green petals backed by four green sepals set in-between. Ant on flowers.

12th June 2009, Sticks Pass, Glenridding, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Clustered flowers; they look fuzzy from anything but close-up.

12th June 2009, Sticks Pass, Glenridding, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Nominally four petals, but even in this small photo there is one with three petals.

12th June 2009, Sticks Pass, Glenridding, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Leaves silvery edged, teeth prominent at extremities imparting a frayed appearance.

8th June 2007, Sticks Pass, Glenridding, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

No lobes joined except at the very centre.

Some similarities to : Silver Lady's Mantle, which has leaves that ae silvery underneath and lobes that are joined before the they meet at the centre. Silver Lady's Mantle is a garden plant, to be found escaped near gardens rather than up mountains.

Flowers reminiscent of : Lady's Bedstraw except that they are not as numerous, nor as yellow.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature : Leaves palmately lobed, deeply divided, silvery edged and jaggedly toothed at the extremities. Found high up on mountains.

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Distribution
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Alchemilla