| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Alchemilla nivalis Kunth |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 6: 223 (1824) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to Colombia |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 3000-5400m |
| Description | leaves vaginate-amplexicaule, imbricate, sericeous-hirsute, pinnate, segments linear, obtuse, entire, revolute, flowers terminal of 2-3, sessile amongst leaves |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alchemilla imbricata Rothm. Alchemilla nivalis var. subglabra Benoist Lachemilla imbricata (Rothm.) Rothm. Lachemilla nivalis (Kunth) Rothm. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |