THIS IS A DRAFT
The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.
Alchemilla glabra
a lady's-mantle
Species Details
This lady’s-mantle is a native perennial of grasslands and waysides. It is frequent in the White Peak as at Peter Dale (SK1275) and Griffe Wood Meadow (SK2556) but only rare elsewhere as at Birch Vale (SK0286), South Wood (SK3620) and Doe Lea Marsh (SK3980). Nationally it is a plant of upland Britain and is almost absent from England south of our area.