Alchemilla xanthochlora Intermediate Lady's-mantle

Alchemilla xanthochlora is a robust plant of meadows and verges in Britain. In West Glamorgam it is largely confined to plantations in the uplands of Neath Port Talbot where it occurs along roads, grassy verges and on grassy banks. Among the native Lady's-mantles in West Glamorgan it is distinguished by its densley hairy flowering stems and petioles. Rosette leaves have 7-9 triangular lobes with 17-27 acute teeth, much more than in any of the other native Lady's-mantles in West Glamorgan. Only Alchemilla mollis, a widespred alien species, is more hairy and unlike that species Alchemilla xanthochlora has rosette leaves that are hairless on their upper surfaces. Careful observation is required to separate it from Hairy Lady's-mantle (see description of that species), but again the hairless upper surface to the leaves is an important distinguishing feature.

Native