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Internal ID UUID64403f60586ce066903208
Scientific name Alchemilla alpina
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 123 (1753)

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Common products:
No verified commercial or industrial products derived from Alchemilla alpina (L.) are reported in authoritative sources.

Industrial and craft applications:
No documented industrial or craft uses (e.g., fiber, gum/resin, adhesives, pulp/paper) are recorded for this species.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No culinary applications are documented; the plant is not recognized as a food or beverage ingredient in standardized references.

Colorants and tanning:
No evidence of use as a dye or tannin source.

Wood and fiber:
No timber or fiber applications are recorded.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No documented use in perfumes or cosmetics is reported.

Properties relevant to use:
No chemical or physical properties with established use-value are documented for A. alpina.

Standards and regulation:
No relevant standards or regulatory frameworks apply to products from this species.

Sustainability and sourcing:
No sustainability or sourcing information is documented for this species.

Scientific/model use:
Molecular data sets for Alchemilla include species-level sequences, and A. alpina is present in regional floras and herbaria, providing a standard taxonomic reference. There are no reports of it serving as a model organism or standard laboratory protocol organism.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Alchemilla glomerata (Tausch) E.G.Camus Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 6: 441. 1900
Alchemilla alpina subsp. glomerata (Tausch) E.G.Camus Flore de France ; 1893 441 1900
Alchemilla alpina var. glomerata Tausch ; 1841 108 1841
Alchemilla alpina var. debilicaulis Buser ; 1906 361 1906
Alchemilla alpina subsp. assurgens Buser ex Braun-Blanq. ; 1933 177 1933
Alchemilla alpina var. burnatiana Buser Prodrome de la flore corse ; 1910 201 1913
Alchemilla glomerata E.G.Camus Fl. France 6: 441 (1900)
Alchemilla viridicans Rothm. Bol. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 34: 150 (1934)
Potentilla viridicans (Rothm.) Christenh. & Väre Phytotaxa 57: 4 (2012)
Alchemilla glomerata (Tausch) Buser Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Échange Pl. , sér. 2, 3: 93 (1891 publ. 1892)
Alchemilla alpina var. typica Fiori Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 584 (1898)
Alchemilla alpina subsp. eualpina Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(1): 388 (1902)
Alchemilla alpina unranked genuina Ducommun Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot. : 227 (1869)
Alchemilla alpina subsp. semiserrata Buser ex Braun-Blanq. Fl. Mass. Aig. : 176 (1933)
Alchemilla saxatilis f. corsica Buser Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 4: 52 (1894)
Alchemilla alpina f. corsica (Buser) Buser Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(1): 201 (1913)
Alchemilla transiens var. corsica (Buser) Buser Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 5: 97 (1901)
Alchemilla alpina var. basaltica Buser ex Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(1): 389 (1902)

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Language Common/alternative name
English alpine lady's-mantle
Spanish estellaria
Spanish alquimila alpina
Spanish alchemilla viridicans
Spanish alchemilla glomerata
Afrikaans peucrist
an peucrist
Arabic حشيشة الفضة
bar peucrist
br peucrist
Catalan peucrist
Catalan herba desinflamatòria
co peucrist
Czech peucrist
Czech kontryhel alpínský
Welsh peucrist
Welsh mantell-fair y mynydd
Danish peucrist
German peucrist
German bergfrauenmantel
German alpen-frauenmantel
Esperanto peucrist
Estonian alpi kortsleht
Estonian peucrist
Basque peucrist
Finnish peucrist
Finnish tunturipoimulehti
French alchémille des alpes
French peucrist
French alchemille des alpes
frp peucrist
fur peucrist
Irish peucrist
gd peucrist
Swiss German peucrist
Croatian peucrist
Upper Sorbian alpski šišmanc
ia peucrist
Indonesian peucrist
ie peucrist
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Icelandic peucrist
Italian peucrist
kg peucrist
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lij peucrist
Malagasy peucrist
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Malay peucrist
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Norwegian Bokmål peucrist
Norwegian Bokmål fjellmarikåpe
nds peucrist
Dutch peucrist
Norwegian Nynorsk peucrist
Norwegian Nynorsk fjellmarikåpe
nrm peucrist
oc peucrist
pcd peucrist
Polish przywrotnik alpejski
Polish peucrist
pms peucrist
Portuguese peucrist
Romansh peucrist
Romanian peucrist
sc peucrist
scn peucrist
sco peucrist
se alášbađverássi
se sáigovuolpu
Slovak peucrist
Slovenian peucrist
smj várrevuolpporásse
smn čievrâhaamiträäsi
Swedish peucrist
Swedish fjällkåpa
Swahili peucrist
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Vietnamese peucrist
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Walloon peucrist
wo peucrist
Chinese 高山羽衣草
Zulu peucrist

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Germination/Propagation Top

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20°C (dark), then 4°C, then outdoor temperatures

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • North European Russia
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Germany
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Finland
      • Føroyar
      • Great Britain
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Newfoundland
    • Subarctic America
      • Greenland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000998050
UNII 3209R9WC9V
Canadensys 8606
USDA Plants ALAL
Tropicos 27802872
INPN 81033
Flora of Italy 2080
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:720359-1
The Plant List rjp-28
Open Tree Of Life 176699
NCBI Taxonomy 57943
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003369
Nature Serve 2.161007
IPNI 720359-1
iNaturalist 85441
GBIF 3027648
Freebase /m/057xr5w
EPPO ALCAL
EOL 628526
Elurikkus 241856
USDA GRIN 2171
Wikipedia Alchemilla_alpina
PFAF Alchemilla alpina

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Conservation of the Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants in the Mining and Tourism Area: Khibiny Mountains, Murmansk Region, Russia Borovichev EA, Kozhin MN, Koroleva NE, Petrova OV, Akhmerova DR, Shulina MV Plants (Basel) 23-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11085426
doi:10.3390/plants13091180
PMID:38732395
Temporal Changes in the Use of Wild Medicinal Plants in Trentino–South Tyrol, Northern Italy Mattalia G, Graetz F, Harms M, Segor A, Tomarelli A, Kieser V, Zerbe S, Pieroni A Plants (Basel) 19-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10301116
doi:10.3390/plants12122372
PMID:37375997
The role of plant functional groups mediating climate impacts on carbon and biodiversity of alpine grasslands Vandvik V, Althuizen IH, Jaroszynska F, Krüger LC, Lee H, Goldberg DE, Klanderud K, Olsen SL, Telford RJ, Östman SA, Busca S, Dahle IJ, Egelkraut DD, Geange SR, Gya R, Lynn JS, Meineri E, Young S, Halbritter AH Sci Data 28-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9332099
doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01559-0
PMID:35902592
Pseudomonas syringae on Plants in Iceland Has Likely Evolved for Several Million Years Outside the Reach of Processes That Mix This Bacterial Complex across Earth’s Temperate Zones Morris CE, Ramirez N, Berge O, Lacroix C, Monteil C, Chandeysson C, Guilbaud C, Blischke A, Sigurbjörnsdóttir MA, Vilhelmsson OÞ Pathogens 15-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8951587
doi:10.3390/pathogens11030357
PMID:35335680
Use of Herbal Medicines for the Treatment of Mild Mental Disorders and/or Symptoms During Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Survey Gantner G, Spiess D, Randecker E, Quack Lötscher KC, Simões-Wüst AP Front Pharmacol 08-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8531499
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.729724
PMID:34690768
Traditional medicinal plants in South Tyrol (northern Italy, southern Alps): biodiversity and use Petelka J, Plagg B, Säumel I, Zerbe S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7690129
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00419-8
PMID:33243238
Contrasting altitudinal variation of alpine plant communities along the Swedish mountains Måsviken J, Dalerum F, Cousins SA Ecol Evol 16-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7297753
doi:10.1002/ece3.6237
PMID:32551065
Dataset on reproductive traits of Scandinavian alpine plants Bruun HH Data Brief 12-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6598830
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104149
PMID:31297428
Folkbotanical classification: morphological, ecological and utilitarian characterization of plants in the Napf region, Switzerland Poncet A, Vogl CR, Weckerle CS J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 14-Mar-2015
PMCID:PMC4429483
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-11-13
PMID:25971246
Definition of sampling units begets conclusions in ecology: the case of habitats for plant communities Mörsdorf MA, Ravolainen VT, Støvern LE, Yoccoz NG, Jónsdóttir IS, Bråthen KA PeerJ 05-Mar-2015
PMCID:PMC4358653
doi:10.7717/peerj.815
PMID:25780767
Thermal niches are more conserved at cold than warm limits in arctic-alpine plant species Pellissier L, Bråthen KA, Vittoz P, Yoccoz NG, Dubuis A, Meier ES, Zimmermann NE, Randin CF, Thuiller W, Garraud L, Van Es J, Guisan A 01-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC4001081
doi:10.1111/geb.12057
PMID:24790524
Gathering “tea” – from necessity to connectedness with nature. Local knowledge about wild plant gathering in the Biosphere Reserve Grosses Walsertal (Austria) Grasser S, Schunko C, Vogl CR J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 13-Aug-2012
PMCID:PMC3480914
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-8-31
PMID:22889066
Intracultural variation of knowledge about wild plant uses in the Biosphere Reserve Grosses Walsertal (Austria) Schunko C, Grasser S, Vogl CR J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 06-Jul-2012
PMCID:PMC3487943
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-8-23
PMID:22770375
A Richer, Greener and Smaller Alpine World: Review and Projection of Warming-Induced Plant Cover Change in the Swedish Scandes Kullman L Ambio 04-May-2010
PMCID:PMC3357692
doi:10.1007/s13280-010-0021-8
PMID:20653278
Constituents of three Icelandic Alchemilla species. Olafsdottir ES, Omarsdottir S, Jaroszewski JW Biochem Syst Ecol 01-Oct-2001
doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(01)00038-2
PMID:11445296

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
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(+)-Ursolic Acid 64945 Click to see 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(01)00038-2
Corosolic Acid 6918774 Click to see 472.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(01)00038-2
Euscaphic Acid 471426 Click to see 488.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(01)00038-2
Oleanolic Acid 10494 Click to see 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(01)00038-2
Tormentic acid 73193 Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C)O)O)C)C)C2C1(C)O)C)C(=O)O 488.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(01)00038-2

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