Anemone hepatica

"Liverleaf" redirects here. For liverleaf wintergreen, see Pyrola asarifolia.

Anemone hepatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Anemone
Species:
A. hepatica
Binomial name
Anemone hepatica
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Anemone acuta (Pursh) Vail ex Britton
    • Anemone acutiloba (DC.) G.Lawson
    • Anemone praecox Salisb.
    • Anemone transylvanica Heuff.
    • Anemone triloba Stokes
    • Hepatica acuta (Pursh) Britton
    • Hepatica acutiloba DC.
    • Hepatica anemonoides Vest
    • Hepatica asiatica Nakai
    • Hepatica hepatica (L.) H.Karst. nom. inval.
    • Hepatica hepatica var. albiflora (R.Hoffm.) Farw.
    • Hepatica insularis Nakai
    • Hepatica nobilis Schreb. non Mill.
    • Hepatica nobilis f. acutiloba (DC.) Beck
    • Hepatica nobilis f. albiflora (R.Hoffm.) Steyerm.
    • Hepatica nobilis f. hypopurpurea (Makino) Nakai
    • Hepatica nobilis f. lutea Kadota
    • Hepatica nobilis f. plena (Fernald) Steyerm.
    • Hepatica nobilis f. pubescens (M.Hiroe) Kadota
    • Hepatica nobilis f. rosea (R.Hoffm.) Steyerm.
    • Hepatica nobilis f. variegata (Makino) Nakai
    • Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Pursh) Steyerm.
    • Hepatica nobilis var. asiatica (Nakai) H.Hara
    • Hepatica nobilis var. japonica Nakai
    • Hepatica nobilis var. nipponica Nakai
    • Hepatica triloba Choix

Anemone hepatica (syn. Hepatica nobilis), the common hepatica, liverwort,[2] liverleaf,[3] kidneywort, or pennywort, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. This herbaceous perennial grows from a rhizome.

  1. ^ "Anemone hepatica L." Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. ^ Horace Kephart (1936). "Early Spring Flowers of the North Carolina Mountains". The Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club. 1 (7): 77–83. doi:10.2307/4031043. JSTOR 4031043.
  3. ^ "Hepatica nobilis | liverleaf Alpine Rockery/RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-02.