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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hepatica acutiloba   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Anemone acutiloba

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-15-001:

Hepatica acutiloba   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hepatica acuta

 

COMMON NAME:
Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Sharp-lobed Liverleaf


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_heac4_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm090102_045

January    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_acutiloba

February        

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Ben Geer Keys    bgk660_a

March        

Flowers solitary on elongate, hairy stalks, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

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JK Marlow    jkm0303l_07

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

Old leaves present at early flowering; new leaves develop later, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

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JK Marlow    jkm0503d_07

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

Seedlings?

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JK Marlow    jkm080316_014

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

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JK Marlow    jkm080316_022

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

Flowers are subtended by 3 green bracts with pointed tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm140322_340

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

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JK Marlow    jkm140322_349

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

Fruit an aggregate of achenes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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JK Marlow    jkm150322_903

March    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm150322_909

March    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm150322_913

March    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Flowers solitary on elongate, villous or pilose scapes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm200321_3297

March    Polk County    NC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_hepatica_acutiloba_3

March        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_hepatica_acutiloba_5

March        

The 5-12 petal-like sepals are white, pink, lavender, purple or blue, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm140418_294

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm140418_366

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Deformed leaves with a rust fungus.

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JK Marlow    jkm170413_574

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm170413_574b

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm170419_377

April    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

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JK Marlow    jkm220421_7088

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

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Keith Bradley    kab_a_acutiloba_1784

April    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Keith Bradley    kab_a_acutiloba_1796

April    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Steve Marlow    snm090405_013

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

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JK Marlow    jkm0409e_02

September    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

Three-lobed evergreen leaves w sharply pointed tips, hence the common name, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).


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JK Marlow    jkm0311b_30

November    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hepatica acutiloba   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Anemone acutiloba

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-15-001:
Hepatica acutiloba   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hepatica acuta

 

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660

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in GA Piedmont & in SC)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White/ Pink/ Lavender/ Blue
5-6(-12) petaloid sepals
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring
Aggregate of single-seeded achenes

 

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