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Alchemilla
Also called Lady's Mantles, A Lady's Mantle
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae, with the common name lady's mantle applied generically as well as specifically to Alchemilla mollis when referred to as a garden plant. The plant used as a herbal tea or for medicinal usage such as gynaecological disorders is Alchemilla xanthochlora or in Middle Europe the so-called common lady's mantle Alchemilla vulgaris. There are between 800 and 1000 species, the majority native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of Europe and Asia, with a few species native to the mountains of Africa and the Americas.
Most species of Alchemilla are clump-forming or mounded perennials with basal leaves arising from woody rhizomes. Some species have leaves with lobes that radiate from a common point and others have divided leaves—both are typically fan-shaped with small teeth at the tips.
Alpine Lady's-mantle · Alchemilla angustata · Rose Family · Baltic Lady's Mantle · Alchemilla barbatiflora · Alchemilla bursensis · Alchemilla cymatophylla · Diadem Lady's Mantle · Alchemilla erythropoda · Faeroeic Lady's Mantle · Thinstem lady's mantle · Alchemilla flabellata
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