Hepatica Mill.

Hepatica (en), Hépatique (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Rhizome lateral roots dense. Leaves basal, simple, long petiolate, conspicuously or inconspicuously 3-to 5-lobed to parted to middle, margin entire or toothed. Inflorescences scapose, 1-flowered; involucral bracts 3, whorled. Flowers terminal, bisexual. Sepals petaloid. Petals absent. Stamens numerous; filaments sublinear; anthers ellipsoid. Pistils numerous; ovary 1-ovuled. Styles persistent, short. Achenes ovoid.
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Sep 5–12, often 6, petaloid; pet and staminodes none; pistils numerous; ovary tapering to a short style; achenes conic to fusiform, hairy; perennial herbs with basal, simple, lobed lvs and several 1-fld scapes bearing a calyx-like involucre of 3 entire bracts just beneath the fls. 4, Europe and N. Amer. Our 2 spp. closely allied and also close to European H. nobilis Miller.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 360
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity light
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