Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Alchemilla abyssinica Fresen. |
Bibliography | Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 161 (1837) |
Native Range | Ethiopia to Kenya |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | evergreen, leaves to 4cm wide, palmatilobate, lobes 5-7, curvate-dentate, sparsely hirsute, petioles and stems long hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, 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 abyssinica ssp. cyclophylla (T.C.E.Fr.) Kalheber Alchemilla cyclophylla T.C.E.Fr. Alchemilla gunae Schweinf. Alchemilla rothii Oliv. Alchemilla sattimae T.C.E.Fr. Alchemilla steudneri T.C.E.Fr. |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, UGA Uganda) |