| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Hepatica acutiloba DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 1: 22 (1824) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-1300m |
| Description | leaves trilobate, lobes subacute, middle lobe elongate, longer than wider, corolla to 2cm, sepals ovate to obovate, head of achenes spherical |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| 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 acutiloba (DC.) G.Lawson Anemone acuta (Pursh) Vail ex Britton Anemone hepatica var. acuta (Pursh) Pritz. Hepatica acuta (Pursh) Britton Hepatica acutiloba f. albiflora R.Hoffm. Hepatica acutiloba f. diversiloba Raymond Hepatica acutiloba f. plena Fernald Hepatica acutiloba f. rosea R.Hoffm. Hepatica acutiloba var. variegata Farw. Hepatica americana ssp. acuta (Pursh) Zonn Hepatica americana var. acuta (Pursh) Mabuchi & J.Massey Hepatica hepatica var. albiflora (R.Hoffm.) Farw. Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyerm. Hepatica nobilis f. acutiloba (DC.) Beck Hepatica nobilis f. albiflora (R.Hoffm.) Steyerm. Hepatica nobilis f. plena (Fernald) Steyerm. Hepatica nobilis f. rosea (R.Hoffm.) Steyerm. Hepatica triloba var. acuta Pursh Hepatica triloba var. acutiloba (DC.) Warner |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (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, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |