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Alchemilla L.

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Alchemilla L., Sp. Pl. 123 (1753)
Alchemilla L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
123
ICN
Alchemilla L.
genus
Alchemilla

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Alchemilla

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Alchemilla L.

Short-stemmed, perennial herbs; branches short; rhizomes woody. Lvs mostly basal, palmate or palmately lobed, usually dentate; stipules large and persistent. Infl. a compound cyme with fls aggregated into glomerules. Fls 4-(5)-merous, small, yellowish or greenish, shortly pedicellate, ☿. Hypanthium campanulate or urceolate. Epicalyx present, the lobes sometimes > calyx lobes. Calyx with ± triangular sepals. Petals 0. Stamens 4-(5), inserted on outer margin of hypanthium disc. Ovary superior, surrounded by the hypanthium; carpel 1; style 1; ovule 1. Fr. a single achene, wholly or partly enclosed in the thin, dry hypanthium.

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Alchemilla L.
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Alchemilla L.
China
Alchemilla L.
Norway
Alchemilla L.
Sweden
Alchemilla L.
United Kingdom

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529e23dc-5c92-445a-9bdc-2afcca09b694
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
29 January 2007
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