| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Alchemilla alpina L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 123 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic and Subalpine Europe, Greenland to ne. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | leaves mainly basal, palmatipinnate, segments 5-7, oblong, 1-2cm, adaxially dark green, abaxially silvery sericeous, flowers in small cluster |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | greenish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alchemilla alpina ssp. assurgens Buser ex Braun-Blanq. Alchemilla alpina var. basaltica Buser ex Asch. & Graebn. Alchemilla alpina f. corsica (Buser) Buser Alchemilla alpina ssp. eualpina Asch. & Graebn. Alchemilla alpina ssp. glomerata (Tausch) E.G.Camus Alchemilla alpina var. glomerata Tausch Alchemilla alpina ssp. semiserrata Buser ex Braun-Blanq. Alchemilla alpina var. typica Fiori Alchemilla glomerata E.G.Camus Alchemilla saxatilis f. corsica Buser Alchemilla transiens var. corsica (Buser) Buser Alchemilla viridicans Rothm. Potentilla viridicans (Rothm.) Christenh. & Väre |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland) 72 Eastern Canada (NFL Newfoundland) |