Hepatica nobilis Mill.

Round-lobe hepatica (en), Hépatique noble (fr), Hépatique à trois lobes (fr), Anémone hépatique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Hepatica

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.1m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Damp underground in shady deciduous, usually beech, woodlands, scrub and grassland, especially on limestone.
Light 3-7
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 5-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal tea
Edible -
Therapeutic use Epithelioma (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 360
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Hepatica nobilis habit picture by Daniel Bäck (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Hepatica nobilis leaf picture by Matteo Fontana (cc-by-sa)
Hepatica nobilis leaf picture by t k (cc-by-sa)
Hepatica nobilis leaf picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hepatica nobilis flower picture by Jean Gauberti (cc-by-sa)
Hepatica nobilis flower picture by Anna (cc-by-sa)
Hepatica nobilis flower picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hepatica nobilis world distribution map, present in Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Sweden

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30369029-2
WFO ID wfo-0001129286
COL ID 6LPZR
BDTFX ID 31594
INPN ID 101253
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Hepatica nobilis