Alchemilla connivens, 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 : 60

75. A. connivens Buser , Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 107 (1894)

(inch A. subconnivens Pawl. ).

Medium-sized, up to 30 cm; stems with appressed hairs in lower half. Leaves reniform to suborbicular, usually somewhat sericeous above, with appressed hairs at least in folds and towards the margin, usually subglabrous beneath except for veins which have subappressed hairs, lobed to lobes 7-9, ovate-triangular, with short incisions (often more or less obscured by overlapping margins of lobes) and 7-10 narrow, acute, equal, connivent teeth. Inflorescence glabrous, much exceeding leaves. Flowers 3-4 mm wide. • Principal mountain ranges of S. & C. Europe from the Pyrenees to the Carpathians and S. Bulgaria. Au Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hs It Ju Po Rm?Rs (W). Related species include:

A. czywczynensis Pawl. , Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie ser. B(l),

1951: 334 (1953). E. Carpathians (Civcinskye Gory). Rm Rs (W). A. racemulosa Buser , Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1, App. 2: 31 (1893).

S. W. Alps (Haute Savoie). Ga.