| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Hepatica nobilis Schreb. |
| Bibliography | Spic. Fl. Lips.: 39 (1771) |
| Native Range | Europe to w. Siberia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 100-2200m |
| Description | leaves long petiolate, often abaxially purple, at base cordate, trilobate, lobes ovate, flowers 15-25mm, bracts ovate, entire, sepals 6-7, narrowly ovate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Anemone angulosa Lam. Anemone hepatica L. Anemona hepatica var. acutiuscula Pritz. Anemone hepatica f. chlorosa Pleijel Anemone hepatica var. hispanica Willk. Anemone hepatica f. major Bolzon Anemone hepatica f. marmorata (T.Moore) Bolzon Anemone hepatica var. marmorata T.Moore Anemone hepatica var. minor Rouy & Foucaud Anemone hepatica f. rosea Neuman Anemone hepatica f. splendida Pleijel Anemone hepatica f. variegata Neuman Anemone praecox Salisb. Anemone triloba (Chaix) Stokes Hepatica anemonoides Vest Hepatica angulosa (Lam.) DC. Hepatica hepatica (L.) H.Karst Hepatica hepatica var. vulgaris Farw. Hepatica triloba Chaix Hepatica triloba var. calycina Wimm. & Graebn. Hepatica triloba var. picta Beck |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) |
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