`Alpenfrauenmantel` (=Alpine Lady`s Mantle) is a name of books, in our region where it grows it is usualy called `Silbermänteli`(= Little Silver Coat). Its the smaller relative of the common Lady`s Mantle and grows on rocks and stony places that are poor in humus. Sometimes the plant is almost pressed down to the ground and forms large carpets that cover the ground with a thin web. Like all Lady`s Mantles it collects dew in its foliage. It was and is stil used for medical purposes, especialy with menstrual molinem.