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lady's mantle

British  

noun

  1. any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers

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We pulled fistfuls of rosebay willow, yarrow and lady’s mantle.

From Washington Post

Some of Prinzing’s favorites include lady’s mantle, hosta, lamb’s ears, purple basil, scented geranium foliage, heuchera and ninebark.

From Seattle Times

Add a dish rock to collect puddles; plant hostas and lady’s mantle with big, soft leaves that hold droplets of water for birds and bees to sup.

From Seattle Times

In an interview with Vogue, she complained that varieties of Alchemilla, a herbaceous perennial commonly known as lady’s mantle, were “well known in England and, I think, not enough appreciated in America.”

From New York Times

Sage, and wormwood, sion, hyssop, borage, spikenard, dog's-tongue, our Lady's mantle, feverfew, and Faith, and all in small quantities except the last.

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