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Alchemilla vulgaris, commonly known as padelion and lady's mantle, is a herbaceous perennial plant, native to Europe and introduced to the US. These perennial wildflowers, members of the family Rosaceae, are sometimes grown in gardens - mainly for their aerial parts, as they can be harvested and used in the making of herbal infusions.
Lady's mantle is commonly seen in unimproved or lightly fertilized grassland, on roadside verges and banks, in chalk downland and on mountain slopes.
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
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alchemilla vulgaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
