| 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. This species was named as Alchemilla microcarpa in RAB (1968).
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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