Entry for ALCHEMILLA elongata E. & Z. [family ROSACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 285, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ALCHEMILLA elongataE. & Z. [family ROSACEAE], ! 1715
ALCHEMILLA palmataE. Mey. [family ROSACEAE], ! in Herb. Drege.
Information
stems trailing, angular, with appressed pubescence; leaves long-petioled, fanshaped, deeply 5–7 lobed or palmatifid, glabrous or thinly puberulous beneath, the lobes obtuse, coarsely crenato-serrate near the apex; panicles axillary, much branched, corymbose. Much more glabrous and more robust than A. Capensis, with palmatifid long-stalked leaves. Stems 2 feet long or more. Petioles 2–2 1/2 inches long; leaves 1 1/2 as broad as long, the lobes cut at least half way to the base, round topped.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Klipplaat River and Katriviersberg, E. & Z.! Witbergen, Drege! (Herb. Sd., D.)