Hepatica nobilis Schreb.

Hépatique à trois lobes (fr), Hépatique noble (fr), Anémone hépatique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Hepatica

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.1-0.2m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread myrmecochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Demulcent (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Nervine (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Epithelioma (unspecified), Tumor(Tonsil) (unspecified)
Human toxicity toxic (aerial)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 360
Germination temperacture (C°) 8 - 9
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Hepatica nobilis flower picture by Leonard Lee (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, Sweden, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:711404-1
WFO ID wfo-0000719933
COL ID 6LPZR
BDTFX ID 4795
INPN ID 101253
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Anemone praecox Hepatica hepatica Anemone angulosa Anemone hepatica Anemone triloba Hepatica angulosa Hepatica nobilis Hepatica triloba Hepatica anemonoides Anemone hepatica var. acutiuscula

Lower taxons

Anemone hepatica var. japonica Hepatica nobilis var. japonica