Alchemilla mollis
Soft Lady's mantle ( Alchemilla mollis )
The Soft Lady's mantle ( Alchemilla mollis; Syn: Alchemilla mollis var acutiloba Buser ) is a flowering plant in the rose family ( Rosaceae ). It is within the genus Alchemilla provided ( Alchemilla ) in the section Erectae.
Features
The Soft Lady's Mantle is a perennial, perennial, large to very large plant. The stem is 20 to 100 inches long. Its length corresponds to 1.5 to 3 times the petioles. He is almost completely hairy, bald are often only the flower stems. The leaves are up to 22 centimeters wide, flat, neunlappig and 4 to 25 % of the radius are cut. The end tabs are 27 to 45 ° wide, seichtbogig or more trapezoidal shaped and pruned normally. They are from 0 to 2 millimeters ganzrandig (maximum 20% ) and have 13 to 21 teeth. The teeth are from 1 to 3 millimeters in length, which corresponds to 2-7 % of the Spreitenradius, and 1-4 mm wide. Their ratio of length to width is 0.35 to 1.5. They are triangular to broadly nippled and acute to obtuse. Upper and lower sides of the leaves are white hairs, which shimmers especially the underside white. The stipules are colored pink on the ground, their ears are about twice as long as wide. The stipules at the uppermost leaf stalks have a length of 8 to 15 millimeters, are perforated with 8-14 lobes, lobed and cut to 30 to 40%. Your tip are 0.7 to 1.5 times as long as wide. The Monochasien are tight, rarely branched diachsial. The flower stems are hairless and have a length of 1 to 2.5, rarely to 5 mm. The flowers are yellowish green to yellow and measure 2 to 3.5 × 3-5 (rarely to 6 ) mm. From the chalice cups at least have some of the share projecting hairs. The sepals are hairy Straddling and rarely easy. They are 1.2 to 2 times as long as wide and up to 1.67 times as long as the calyx cup. The outer sepals are 0.8 to 1.2 times as long and (0.5) 0.8 denticulate to 1.3 times as wide as the sepals, and 1.67 times as long as the calyx cup and out easily.
The flowering period extends from June to August.
The chromosome number is 2n = 102 to 106
Occurrence
The Soft woman coat comes in Romania, South Russia, North Turkey, the Caucasus, Georgia, Armenia and northern Iran in Hochstaudenfluren and fat meadows at altitudes of 900 to 2100 meters in front.
In Central Europe the species is subspontan encountered. Probably originate the Central European plants from Romania. The nature is wild from plantations and has often naturalized, for example, in villages, cemeteries and parks, but also in meadow communities and on river gravel. It is found from lowland to subalpine regions.
Use
The Soft Lady's mantle is widely used as an ornamental plant for borders, perennial beds, parks and pond shore, and as a cut flower and dried bouquets used.