Description: A perennial herbaceous prostrate plant. The branched stem grows to a height of 30-40 cm, ascending or erect.
The lower leaves are kidney-shaped, divided almost to the middle into 7-9 lobes. The cauline leaves are short-petioled or sessile. The venation is radial. The leaf margin is wavy. The leaves are palmately lobed or palmately dissected, rounded, pubescent, with 9-11 concave lobes.
The flowers are yellow-green, small, and borne in large numbers in false umbels. Blooms from June to September.
Uses: As a medicinal plant in folk medicine, as well as in cooking and cosmetology.
Growing conditions: Grows well in moist but well-drained soils. It thrives in full sun but can also grow in partial shade. Full shade can encourage fungal diseases.
Growing from seed: Sow the seeds at a depth of 0.7 to 1 cm. Sow in March or November. If sown in the fall, move the seed tray outdoors 15 days after sowing. Place it in a location that is well protected from direct sunlight and drafts. In spring, move the seedlings to a well-lit, warm spot. After they have formed 2 to 4 true leaf blades, transplant them into individual peat pots.
Plant the alchemilla seedlings outdoors in the spring after warm weather sets in (sometimes as early as the last days of April). The bushes will delight you with their flowering already in their first year of growth.