Alchemilla ellenbeckii Engl.
subsp. nyikensis (De Wild.) R.A.Grah,

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Manyenezi Forest, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

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Lusero Forest, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Alchemilla nyikensis De Wild.
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Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Creeping and scrambling perennial herb without basal rosette. Stems slender, green, becoming brownish-green to purple-red, densely hairy to hairless. Leaves kidney-shaped to almost circular in outline, 1·2–3 cm wide, shallowly (3)5-lobed, densely hairy to hairless, paler beneath; central lobe with 9–11 shallow teeth, the latter usually with revolute margins; basal sinus very wide; petioles 0·5–1·8 cm. Inflorescences 4–10 cm long, slender, little-branched, hairy; flowers clustered 1–3 together. Calyx hairy; epicalyx-lobes 0·5–0·7 mm long; calyx-lobes 0·7–1·0 mm long, exceeding epicalyx-lobes.
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Derivation of specific name:	nyikensis: of the Nyika Plateau,where the type for this subspecies was collected.
Habitat:	Marshy montane grassland and bogs.
Altitude range:	1950 - 2300 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Malawi distribution:	N
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Content last updated:	Monday 3 September 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 234. (Includes a picture). Mendes, E.J. (1978). Rosaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 30 - 31. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 86. as Alchemilla ellenbeckii

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