Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Garden Lady's-mantle, Alchemilla mollis, Dearna Mhuire
Photographs: Ballyvourney, Co. Cork

Garden Lady's-mantle
Alchemilla mollis
Dearna Mhuire
Family: Rosaceae

Flowering: June-October. Perennial. Introduced.

Branching sprays of yellow-green flowers (self-seed prolifically) on hairless flower stalks. Pale-green leaves (7-10cm) are lobed, toothed and hairy

A widespread garden escape, either self-sown or from discarded plant material. Identification confirmed by Paul Green.

Similar: Other Alchemilla species including Alchemilla xanthochlora on neutral or calcareous grassland and Hairy Lady's-mantle, A. filicaulis

Garden Lady's-mantle, Alchemilla mollis, Dearna Mhuire

Garden Lady's-mantle, Alchemilla mollis, Dearna Mhuire
Garden Lady's-mantle, Alchemilla mollis, Dearna Mhuire

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