Rosaceae

Peucrist

Alchemilla alpina L.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Alchemilla

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Peucrist (Alchemilla alpina) — FlowerPhoto: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (70)

Afrikaans: Peucrist
Arabic: حشيشة الفضة
Aragonese: Peucrist
arz: حشيشة الفضه
Asturian: Peucrist
bar: Peucrist
Basque: Peucrist
Breton: Peucrist
Catalan: Peucrist, Herba desinflamatòria
Chinese: 高山羽衣草
Croatian: Peucrist
Czech: Kontryhel alpínský, Peucrist
Danish: Peucrist
Dutch: Peucrist
English: Peucrist, Alpine lady's mantle, Alpine lady's-mantle, Mountain lady's-mantle
Esperanto: Peucrist
Estonian: Alpi kortsleht, Peucrist
Finnish: Tunturipoimulehti, Peucrist
French: Alchémille des Alpes, Alchemille des Alpes, Peucrist
frp: Peucrist
fur: Peucrist
German: Alpen-Frauenmantel, Peucrist, Bergfrauenmantel
gsw: Peucrist
hsb: Alpski šišmanc
Icelandic: Peucrist
ie: Peucrist
Indonesian: Peucrist
Interlingua: Peucrist
io: Peucrist
Irish: Peucrist
Italian: Peucrist
kg: Peucrist
li: Peucrist
Luxembourgish: Peucrist
Malagasy: Peucrist
Malay: Peucrist
min: Peucrist
nap: Peucrist
nds: Peucrist
Norwegian Bokmål: Fjellmarikåpe, Peucrist
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fjellmarikåpe, Peucrist
nrm: Peucrist
Occitan: Peucrist
pcd: Peucrist
pms: Peucrist
Polish: Przywrotnik alpejski, Peucrist
Portuguese: Peucrist
Romanian: Peucrist
Romansh: Peucrist
sc: Peucrist
scn: Peucrist
sco: Peucrist
Scottish Gaelic: Peucrist
se: Alášbađverássi, Sáigovuolpu
Serbian: Peucrist
Slovak: Peucrist
Slovenian: Peucrist
smj: Várrevuolpporásse
smn: Čievrâhaamiträäsi
Spanish: Alquimila alpina, Estellaria
Swahili: Peucrist
Swedish: Fjällkåpa, Peucrist
vec: Peucrist
Vietnamese: Peucrist
vls: Peucrist
vo: Peucrist
Walloon: Peucrist
Welsh: Mantell-Fair y mynydd, Peucrist
Wolof: Peucrist
Zulu: Peucrist

Synonyms

Alchemilla alpina f. corsica (Buser) Buser
Alchemilla alpina subsp. assurgens Buser ex Braun-Blanq.
Alchemilla alpina subsp. eualpina Asch. & Graebn.
Alchemilla alpina subsp. glomerata (Tausch) E.G.Camus
Alchemilla alpina subsp. semiserrata Buser ex Braun-Blanq.
Alchemilla alpina unranked genuina Ducommun
Alchemilla alpina var. basaltica Buser ex Asch. & Graebn.
Alchemilla alpina var. debilicaulis Buser
Alchemilla alpina var. glomerata Tausch
Alchemilla alpina var. typica Fiori
Alchemilla glomerata (Tausch) E.G.Camus
Alchemilla glomerata (Tausch) E.G.Camus
Alchemilla glomerata (Tausch) Buser
Alchemilla saxatilis f. corsica Buser
Alchemilla transiens var. corsica (Buser) Buser
Alchemilla viridicans Rothm.
Potentilla viridicans (Rothm.) Christenh. & Väre

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 284 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Greenland: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ametsak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: S. Rae from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hilary Rose Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Arnstein Rønning, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: ahabo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.