Alchemilla cryptantha
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Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare
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| Status: | Native |
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Perennial herb, spreading by long hairy stolons. It is very similar to Alchemilla kiwuensis. In that species the leaves often have more than 7 lobes, which are more deeply cut and thus longer than broad. The leaves normally form a persistent basal rosette. A. cryptantha has 5 - 7 lobes per leaf, which are as wide as long and are borne along the stolons. They may form a basal rosette when plants are very young. The flowers are axillary, small and inconspicuous, usually hidden by the stipules. |
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| Habitat: | In wet grassland, often along streams. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, South Africa. Also in Madagascar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. |
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| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
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| Literature: |
Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 710. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 70. Mendes, E.J. (1978). Rosaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 30 - 32. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 217. Troupin, G. (1978). Rosaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Pages 347 - 348. (Includes a picture). |
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