Common name
English: Alpine lady's mantle
German: Alpen-Frauenmantel
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Rosales (124)
Family: Rosaceae (60)(family description)
Genus: Alchemilla (1)
Epithet: alpina L. (1)
Synonyms: Alchemilla glomerata (Tausch) E.G.Camus, Alchemilla glomerata (Tausch) Buser, Alchemilla viridicans Rothm.
alpina => from the Alps
glomerata => club-shaped, clustered into a head
viridicans => green
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow, beige