Knäuel-Frauenmantel vs Gelbgrüner Frauenmantel

Alchemilla glomerulans compared with Alchemilla xanthochlora

Key Differences

• Knäuel-Frauenmantel is Least Concern while Gelbgrüner Frauenmantel is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Knäuel-Frauenmantel	Gelbgrüner Frauenmantel
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Rosales (Rosenartige)	Rosales (Rosenartige)
Family same	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus same	Alchemilla	Alchemilla
Species	Alchemilla glomerulans	Alchemilla xanthochlora

Evolutionary Relationship

Knäuel-Frauenmantel and Gelbgrüner Frauenmantel share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Alchemilla.

Conservation Status

Knäuel-Frauenmantel

LC — Least Concern

Gelbgrüner Frauenmantel

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Knäuel-Frauenmantel	Gelbgrüner Frauenmantel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Knäuel-Frauenmantel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada).

Gelbgrüner Frauenmantel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Knäuel-Frauenmantel

Alchemilla glomerulans, the clustered lady's mantle, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae native to northern Europe and subarctic regions, including Scandinavia, Iceland, the British Isles, and alpine habitats in central Europe. Like all Alchemilla species, it produces rounded, palmately lobed leaves with a distinctive pleated surface texture and water-repellent properties that cause morning dew and rain to bead into droplets, held in the leaf center—a phenomenon that has historically been associated with alchemical associations with pure water. The small yellow-green flowers are apomictic in Alchemilla, meaning seeds develop without fertilization, which simplifies reproduction but limits genetic recombination. A. glomerulans grows in damp grasslands, mountain meadows, streamsides, and moist tundra habitats, often at higher elevations and latitudes. The species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, being locally common across its northern and alpine range. Alchemilla species have long been used in herbal medicine, particularly in treating wounds and gynecological conditions, with A. vulgaris (common lady's mantle) being the most widely used species.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇮 Finland 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden