Synonyms:

• (≡) Alchemilla arvensis (L.) Scop.
• (=) Alchemilla monandria Sw.
• (=) Alchemilla occidentalis Nutt.

Common names:

• breakstone  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• parsley-piert  (Source: F BritStace) - English
• alchémille des champs  (Source: L Noms French ed6) - French
• gewöhnlicher Ackerfrauenmantel  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• jungfrukam  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Human food: vegetable (used in Europe)
• Medicines: folklore
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.), Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Ireland, Sweden (s.), United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine [Krym]
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Naturalized




Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Nova Scotia]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New Jersey]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Oregon, Washington]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Delaware, Georgia]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
3. Demilly, D. et al. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. (L Noms French ed6)
4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
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7. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
8. Gehrke, B. et al. 2008. Molecular phylogenetics of Alchemilla, Aphanes and Lachemilla (Rosaceae) inferred from plastid and nuclear intron and spacer DNA sequences, with comments on generic classification Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 47:1030-1044.
9. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991 (Glea Cron ed2)
10. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. (F NSWales)
11. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
12. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
13. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984 (L Edible Pl)
14. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 (Econ Pl Aust)
15. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
16. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
17. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
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19. Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. (F VictWillis)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2019. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=316983. Accessed 20 March 2019.