Hepatica nobilis

HEPATICA nobilis
(HEPATICA triloba,
ANEMONE hepatica)
Liver Leaf

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 4" (10 cm)

Flowering Time: Spring

Flower Colour: Blue, mauve, pink, white

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Magnoliidae (Magnolia Superorder)

Order: Ranunculales (Buttercup Order)

Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)

Genus: Hepatica (Liver Leaf)

Species: nobilis (noble)

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Hepatica nobilis is clearly a relative of the Anemone. It has similar rounded flowers, usually blue, but sometimes mauve, pink or white, borne in spring, with a central boss of yellow stamens. The leaves are lobed, blotched with purple, thick and waxy-looking.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Winter
Outside
(83 days)

Seed Pod There is no seed pod. The seeds are held in a rounded seedhead.
Seed The seeds are grain-shaped, at first green and later turning brown. There are several seeds
on a seedhead.
Seedling The seedling has lobed leaves.
Hepatica seeds may germinate immediately they ripen, when still green.

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				Germination: Winter Outside (83 days)
Seed Pod There is no seed pod. The seeds are held in a rounded seedhead. Seed The seeds are grain-shaped, at first green and later turning brown. There are several seeds on a seedhead. Seedling The seedling has lobed leaves. Hepatica seeds may germinate immediately they ripen, when still green.