Author | Rydberg | |
Distribution | Mostly Piedmont and Sandhills; also Washington and Currituck counties.
Native of Europe; in N.A. NY to MO south to FL and TX; also OR to B.C. | |
Abundance | Uncommon to fairly common in Piedmont, rare elsewhere. Easily overlooked and may occur in many more counties. | |
Habitat | Dry to xeric sandy soil of roadsides, fields, disturbed areas, lawn weed, cropfields, campus lawns. | |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting late March-May. | |
Identification | This is a low, semi-erect to erect plant with several stems no more than 4 inches tall. Leaves are alternate, obovate (fan-shaped), deeply or shallowly cut into lobes. The flowers are less than 1.5 mm across, 4-12 in a dense cyme opposite a leaf. | |
Taxonomic Comments | According to FNA (2014), the name Alchemilla microcarpa has been erroneously applied to Aphanes australis.
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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USACE-agcp | | |
USACE-emp | | |