Alchemilla mollis

Flowering and fruiting plant wild on railway ballast, MOTAT 2, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 30/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Foliage detail, MOTAT 2, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 30/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Planted flowering plant in The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 26/06/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Leaf of cultivated plant, The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 26/06/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Flowers of garden plant, Forres St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 18/12/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Family

Rosaceae

Authority

Alchemilla mollis (Buser) Rothm.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Green, Yellow

Year naturalised

2005

Etymology

alchemilla: From the Arabic alkemelych ‘alchemy’, alluding to the use of plants on alchemy

mollis: Soft

Reason For Introduction
Ornamental