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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Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2019

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 • Mar. 17, 2014

Nearby there’s a four-square garden, with fairy roses surrounded by annuals like tulips and alyssum and — typical for Revolutionary War-era homes — herbs, with lady’s mantle and chive among them, and Egyptian onions.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2011

The plants still in flower are the dark blue monkshood, which is 7ft. high; the spiked veronica; the meadow-sweet or queen-o'-the-meadow; the lady's mantle, and the evening primrose.

From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.

Around them as they passed the soft mosses glowed with gold and crimson, and the edges of the lady’s-mantle shimmered with such diamonds and pearls as never adorned a lady’s mantle yet.

From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)