Soft lady's mantle

Soft lady's mantle
	Soft lady's mantle ( Alchemilla mollis )
Systematics
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Rose-like (rosales)
Family :	Rose family (Rosaceae)
Genre :	Lady's mantle ( Alchemilla )
Section :	Erectae
Type :	Soft lady's mantle
Scientific name
	Alchemilla mollis
	( Buser ) Rothm.

The soft lady's mantle ( Alchemilla mollis , syn .: Alchemilla acutiloba var. Mollis Buser ) is a species of the rose family (Rosaceae). It is placed within the genus Lady's mantle ( Alchemilla ) in the Erectae section.

features

The Soft Lady's mantle is a perennial , perennial , large to very large plant. The shoot axis (stem) is 20 to 100 centimeters long. Its length is 1.5 to 3 times that of the petioles . It is almost completely hairy, often only the flower stalks are bare . The leaves are up to 22 centimeters wide, flat, nine-lobed and 4 to 25% of the radius are incised. The end lobes are 27 to 45 ° wide, slightly arched or more trapezoidal in shape and usually truncated. They have entire margins to 0 to 2 millimeters (maximum to 20%) and have 13 to 21 teeth. The teeth are 1 to 3 millimeters long, which corresponds to 2 to 7% of the spreading radius, and 1 to 4 millimeters wide. Their length to width ratio is 0.35 to 1.5. They are triangular to broadly wart-shaped and pointed to blunt. The top and bottom of the leaves are hairy white, which makes the underside in particular shimmer white. The stipules are pink at the base, their auricles are about twice as long as they are wide. The stipules on the uppermost stem leaf have a length of 8 to 15 millimeters, are toothed with 8 to 14 lobes, lobed and incised to 30 to 40%. Their tips are 0.7 to 1.5 times as long as they are wide. The monochasias are dense, only rarely are diaxially branched. The flower stalks are bare and have a length of 1 to 2.5, rarely up to 5 millimeters. The flowers are yellow-green to yellow in color and measure 2 to 3.5 × 3 to 5 (rarely up to 6) millimeters. At least some of the goblets have hair protruding from the base. The sepals are spreading and rarely slightly hairy. They are 1.2 to 2 times as long as they are wide and up to 1.67 times as long as the goblet. The outer sepals are 0.8 to 1.2 times as long and (0.5) 0.8 to 1.3 times as wide as the sepals, and 1.67 times as long as the sepals and slightly serrated on the outside .

The flowering period extends from June to August.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 102 to 106.

Occurrence

The soft lady's mantle occurs in Romania , southern Russia , northern Turkey , the Caucasus , Georgia , Armenia and northern Iran in tall herbaceous meadows and meadows at altitudes of 900 to 2100 meters.

The species can be found subspontaneously in Central Europe . The Central European plants probably come from Romania . The species has overgrown from plantations and has become naturalized many times, for example in localities, cemeteries and parks, but also in meadow communities and on river gravel. It can be found from lowlands to subalpine regions.

use

The soft lady's mantle is widely used as an ornamental plant for borders, perennial beds, parks and pond banks, as well as cut flowers and for dry bouquets. The soft lady's mantle is used in popular medicine in Europe , along with other plants of the Alchemilla genus . It is said to be effective against menstrual cramps (period pains), to stop bleeding and to facilitate the change in menopause (menopause). It should be used as an astringent for diarrhea , as a mouthwash for gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) and for gargling for laryngitis (inflammation of the larynx).

Web links

Commons : Soft Lady's Mantle ( Alchemilla mollis ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Soft lady's mantle. In: FloraWeb.de.
Distribution map for Germany. In: Floraweb .
Alchemilla mollis (Buser) Rothm. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved November 8, 2015.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sigurd Fröhner: Alchemilla . In: Hans. J. Conert et al. a. (Ed.): Gustav Hegi. Illustrated flora of Central Europe. Volume 4 Part 2B: Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2 (3). Rosaceae 2 . Blackwell 1995, ISBN 3-8263-2533-8 , pp. 13-242.
^ ^A ^b ^c Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
↑ David Hoffmann : Naturally healthy - herbal medicine . Over 200 herbs and medicinal plants and their effects on health. Ed .: Element Books . 1st edition. Element Books, Shaftesbury , England , UK 1996, Part Three: The Plant Directory, pp. 56 (256 pp., English: The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal . Shaftesbury, England 1996. Translated by Mosaik Verlag).

[Fröhner-1] Sigurd Fröhner: Alchemilla . In: Hans. J. Conert et al. a. (Ed.): Gustav Hegi. Illustrated flora of Central Europe. Volume 4 Part 2B: Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2 (3). Rosaceae 2 . Blackwell 1995, ISBN 3-8263-2533-8 , pp. 13-242.

[Rothmaler_5-2] A ^b ^c Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .

[3] David Hoffmann : Naturally healthy - herbal medicine . Over 200 herbs and medicinal plants and their effects on health. Ed .: Element Books . 1st edition. Element Books, Shaftesbury , England , UK 1996, Part Three: The Plant Directory, pp. 56 (256 pp., English: The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal . Shaftesbury, England 1996. Translated by Mosaik Verlag).