Alchemilla xanthochlora
Species of flowering plant
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Alchemilla xanthochlora is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Rosaceae.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Alchemilla |
| Species: | A. xanthochlora |
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Description
A herbaceous perennial, with the habit often forming a mat-like layer of leaves on the ground.
Stems are erect to ascending, flowering stems growing up to 15-50 cm tall.
Leaves palmately 9-11 lobed but not separated into leaflets, petiole 8-15 cm long. The adaxial side is glabrous or with very little hair, while the abaxial side (just like stems and leaf petioles) has dense to erect trichomes. Leaf margins are toothed.[2]423
Flowers typically 2.5 mm in diameter, greenish or yellowish, with the formed inflorescence being typically glabrous and resembling a cymose cluster. Sepals are 1 mm long, longer than the epicalyx. Flowers usually contain 4 stamens.
Distribution
It is native to Europe and Northern America.[1] Introduced into Finland, Northwest European Russia, Eastern Australia (New South Wales and Victoria) and Eastern Canada.[1]