Common Hepatica
Hepatica nobilis
The blue-violet flowers often open before the new leaves emerge, while the leathery, three-lobed leaves of the previous year last through the winter. Their liver-like shape gave the plant its name, and its seeds are dispersed by ants.
- Group
- A Small World
- Photos
- 1
- Taken
- 2020
Profile: Common Hepatica
- Family
- Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae)
- Size
- approx. 10–25 cm tall
- Habitat
- Deciduous woodland, especially beech and oak woods, preferring calcareous, humus-rich, loamy soils.
- When to see
- Flowers from March to April, making it one of the earliest spring bloomers.
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