North Carolina Native Plants Society - Native Plants Gallery - Hepatica acutiloba (=H. nobilis var. acuta) - Sharp-lobed Liverleaf

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Hepatica acutiloba (=H. nobilis var. acuta)

Sharp-lobed Liverleaf

Native/Alien:	Native
Type:	Perennial
Bloom Color(s):	White
Size:	.4 ft
Light:	Shade
Soil Moisture:	Mesic^(*)
Bloom Time:	February - March - April
Bloom Area:	Mountains
Notes:	The genus, Hepatica, so called because of the resemblance of the three leaves to a liver, contains two species found in North Carolina, H. americana and H. acutiloba. These are also the only two species of this genus found in North America. Liverworts are harbingers of spring, being one of the first of our native wildflowers to bloom. Hepaticas are in the Ranunculaceace, or Buttercup, family, and were classified at one time as Anemone, which are their closest kin. Hepatica acutiloba, with sharp pointed leaves, is found mainly in the western part of North Carolina.
Early Blooms Martha Baskin Jan 2009
Blooms Close Up Tom Harville Feb 2009
Plant & Blooms Martha Baskin
Leaf Tom Harville
Seed Pod Forming Martha Baskin
Winter Leaf Tom Harville
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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