Alchemilla arvensis

Alchemilla arvensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Alchemilla
Species:
A. arvensis
Binomial name
Alchemilla arvensis
Synonyms
List
    • Alchemilla aphanes Leers
    • Alchemilla arvensis var. glabra Greene
    • Alchemilla arvensis var. occidentalis (Nutt.) Piper
    • Alchemilla cuneifolia Nutt.
    • Alchemilla delicatula Sennen
    • Alchemilla monandra Stokes
    • Alchemilla occidentalis Nutt.
    • Alchemilla triloba Gilib.
    • Aphanes arvensis L.
    • Aphanes cuneifolia (Nutt.) Rydb.
    • Aphanes delicatula Sennen
    • Aphanes occidentalis (Nutt.) Rydb.
    • Aphanes triloba Gilib.
    • Aphanes vulgaris Schur
    • Percepier arvensis (L.) Moench
    • Potentilla arvensis (L.) Christenh. & Väre

Alchemilla arvensis (syn. Aphanes arvensis), known as parsley-piert, is a sprawling, downy plant common all over the British Isles where It grows on arable fields and bare wastelands, particularly in dry sites. The short-stalked leaves have three segments each lobed at the tip. It flowers from April to September. The tiny green flower has four sepals and no petals; stipules form a leaf-like cup, enclosing the flower.