Alchemilla erythropoda

Dwarf lady's mantle - Roseaceae - sprays of yellow flowers - Eastern Europe - alchemilla = alchemy = water droplets sit and look silver - floppy and open in shade - long petiole - palmately lobed slightly convex fanlike = concentrates light and water - self seeding - sun to part shade - moist - summer flowers - 15cm tall - Doug's favorite alchemilla - better behaved - bluer - herbaceous perennial - crown protects soil - dense compact