Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Alchemilla argyrophylla Oliv. |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 16(1): t. 1505 (1886) |
Native Range | s. Sudan to n. Tanzania |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 2200-4500m |
Description | branchlets with russet scales, leaves 5-15mm wide, deeply trilobate, silvery hirsute, flowers in cluster, insignificant |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alchemilla argyrophylla f. keniensis (Baker f. ex De Willd.) Rothm. Alchemilla argyrophylla ssp. keniensis (Baker f. ex De Willd.) Hauman & Balle Alchemilla argyrophylla f. robertii (T.C.E.Fr.) Hauman & Balle Alchemilla argyrophylla f. subuniloba (T.C.E.Fr.) Rothm. Alchemilla argyrophylla f. thorei (Hauman & Balle) Rothm. Alchemilla argyrophylla var. thorei Hauman & Balle Alchemilla keniensis Baker.f. ex De Willd. Alchemilla keniensis f. subuniloba T.C.E.Fr. Alchemilla rammellii T.C.E.Fr. Alchemilla robertii T.C.E.Fr. |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (SUD Sudan) 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, TAN Tanzania, UGA Uganda) |