Alchemilla xanthochlora

Tufted herb to c. 20 cm high, stems covered in soft, spreading white hairs; lower stems and rootstock covered by remains of old petioles. Leaves mostly basal, long-petiolate, lamina reniform, 2–8 cm diam., shallowly 9–11-lobed, glabrous to sparsely hairy near veins, base subpeltate, margins toothed; petiole with soft, spreading hairs, 3–20 cm long; stipules c. conical, 8–16-lobed, green, becoming brown and papery, hairy. Flowers green to yellowish-green, c. 2.5 mm diam.; sepals ovate-triangular, c. 1 mm long; epicalyx lobes smaller than sepals; hypanthium urceolate, c. 1.3 mm long; stamens usually 4, alternating with sepals. Achene brown, enclosed in hypanthium, c. 1.5 mm long. Flowers mainly Dec.–Feb.