Hepatica acutiloba
Sharp Leaved Liverwort
Eastern North America

 

Perennial of rich, beech-maple forests
 
 
Early spring
3 lobed, evergreen leaves that are often purplish on the underside. The leaf underside was thought to resemble a liver, thus the common name, liverwort.
 
 
 
 
 
   

 

 
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