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Alchemilla diademata
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Alchemilla diademata, the diadem lady's mantle, is a lady's mantle found only on the slopes of Mount Sannine in the Mount Lebanon range, where it favours damp sandstone. It has an erect, hairy stem and basal leaves shaped like lobed kidneys, each cut about a third of the way into seven to nine lobes with bristle-tipped teeth. The yellow-green flowers open from May to July and set small urn-shaped fruits. The page says the plant has been commonly used in Lebanese folk medicine and that its bioactive properties have been studied. A 2004 screening of Lebanese folk-medicine plants at the American University of Beirut found that its extract acted against Staphylococcus aureus, and later work found activity against Candida albicans. A 2014 study found that extracts of the whole plant significantly repelled the adult silverleaf whitefly, an invasive crop pest.

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  1. Wikipedia, under "Alchemilla diademata."
  2. Wikipedia, under "Alchemilla diademata."

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