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Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Sharp-lobed Liverleaf
Hepatica acutiloba
Look for it in moist forests, esp over calcareous or mafic rocks
Flowers are subtended by 3 green bracts with pointed tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
The 5-12 petal-like sepals are white, pink, lavender, purple or blue, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Three-lobed evergreen leaves w sharply pointed tips, hence the common name, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
Round-lobed Hepatica, Round-lobed Liverleaf
Hepatica americana
Look for it in moist forests
Leaves 3-lobed with rounded tips, wider than long, persisting thru winter, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Leaves purplish beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Flowers on hairy stalks, subtended by 3 green bracts with rounded tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Flowers have 5-12 sepals (no petals) & numerous stamens & ovaries, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.