| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Reg. 5: t. 387 (1819) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-1300m |
| Description | leaves reniform, 4-8cm wide, with three segments, often with purple tinge, flower hexamerous, to 25mm across |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | blue, pink, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | - |
| 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 americana (DC.) H.Hara Anemonoides americana (DC.) Holub Anemone hepatica var. obtusa (Pursh) Pritz. Hepatica americana f. cahnae Farw. Hepatica americana f. candida Fernald Hepatica americana var. maculata Farw. Hepatica americana var. parviflora (Farw.) Farw. Hepatica americana f. purpurea (Farw.) Farw. Hepatica americana f. rhodantha Fernald Hepatica hepatica var. parviflora Farw. Hepatica hepatica var. purpurea Farw. Hepatica nobilis f. cahnae (Farw.) Steyerm. Hepatica nobilis f. candida (Fernald) Steyerm. Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyerm. Hepatica nobilis f. obtusa (Pursh) Beck Hepatica nobilis f. purpurea (Farw.) Steyerm. Hepatica nobilis f. rhodantha (Fernald) Steyerm. Hepatica triloba var. americana DC. Hepatica triloba var. obtusa Pursh |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |