North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

Scientific Name:
Common Name:
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Family:

Hepatica americana

Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.

round-lobe liverleaf

Image ID: 94199
Image by: Fleming, Gary P.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: HEAM8
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hepatica americana
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2019-12-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: HEPAT
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Hepatica
GENUS AUTHORITY: Mill.
GENUS COMMON: Hepatica
GENUS SUMMARY:
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: USDA Plants

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: RANUNC
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Ranunculaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Buttercup Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 62 genera and 2450 species, herbs, shrubs, and vines, primarily of temperate and boreal regions. Classsification of subfamilies and tribes follows Wang et al. (2009). Subfamilies and tribes follow Wang et al. (2009).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Whittemore & Parfitt in FNA (1997); Wang et al. (2009); Keener (1977); Tamura in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). [also see HYDRASTIDACEAE]

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
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BLOOM COLOR:

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable

FRUITING PERIOD:

DISTRIBUTION
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NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America

HORTICULTURAL
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
37	2017-0039	2019-02-01	39	View
1307	1986-1081			View
2076	1986-1874			View
3201	1990-0040			View
3256	1990-0105			View
4259	1992-0415			View
4949	1995-0067			View
5128	1995-0247			View
5805	1995-0931			View
6128	1995-1259			View
6417	1996-0033			View
6668	1996-0319			View
7062	1999-0005	1999-05-17		View
9008	1994-0091	0000-00-00	1477	View
9075	2003-0046	2007-04-09	1497	View
9141	2007-0092	2007-04-25	1453	View
9522	2022-0029	2022-12-12	0	View

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
39	HORT	2011-04-21	Poythress	View
1451	HORT	2007-04-17	Bryan	View
1453	HORT	1997-04-04		View
1477	HORT	1994-04-15		View
1497	HORT	2003-04-29	Liloia	View
1613	HORT	2005-04-29	Bryan	View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
47	37	25	Liloia	2017-05-02	View
2270	1307	94	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
3436	2076	77	NCBG staff	1986-12-31	View
3437	2076	187	NCBG staff	1986-12-31	View
3438	2076	74	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
5362	3201	81	NCBG staff	1989-10-01	View
5427	3256	8	NCBG staff	1980-01-25	View
6587	4259	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
7280	9008	11	NCBG staff	1994-04-15	View
7368	4949	202	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7550	5128	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7551	5128	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7552	5128	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7553	5128	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7554	5128	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
8319	5805	204	NCBG staff	1993-01-01	View
8783	6128	2	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
9074	6417	81	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
9428	6668	8	NCBG staff	1996-03-28	View
9953	7062	78	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
9954	7062	170	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
11239	9075	187	Liloia	1967-12-31	View
12079	9141	76	NCBG staff	2007-04-25	View
13355	9522	187	Liloia	0000-00-00	View
13592	0	75	Liloia	0000-00-00	View
13671	0	80	Liloia	0000-00-00	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: HEAM8
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WEAKLEY FLORA

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Ranunculaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Buttercup Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 62 genera and 2450 species, herbs, shrubs, and vines, primarily of temperate and boreal regions. Classsification of subfamilies and tribes follows Wang et al. (2009). Subfamilies and tribes follow Wang et al. (2009).
REFERENCE: Whittemore & Parfitt in FNA (1997); Wang et al. (2009); Keener (1977); Tamura in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). [also see HYDRASTIDACEAE]

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Hepatica Mill. (Hepatica)
SUMMARY:
REFERENCE: USDA Plants

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Hepatica americana in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Hepatica americana in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Hepatica americana in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Hepatica americana in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Hepatica americana in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Hepatica americana

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 94199 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 0 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)