Alchemilla colorata, Buser

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 54-55

30. A. colorata Buser , Not. Alchim. 10 (1891).

Dwarf, up to 15 cm, more or less densely covered with soft hairs, some of which are slightly deflexed on the lower internodes and on mature petioles. Leaves reniform to suborbicular, somewhat undulate; lobes 7(-9), with short incisions. Stems quickly developing a reddish-purple colour. Pedicels glabrous, except for some lower flowers of glomeruli. Usually calcicole. • Mountains of S. & S. C. Europe from the Pyrenees to the Carpathians. Al Au Cz Ga Ge He Hs It Ju Po Rm.

Very similar in geographical range to 23, but usually rather clearly differentiated by soil preference.

Related species include:

A. exilis Juz. , Acta HortiPetrop. 43: 537 (1931) ( A. egens Juz. ).

C. Russia (Ul'janovskaja Obi.). Rs (C).