Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Ranunculaceae
Anemone acutiloba

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Ranunculaceae
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Ranunculaceae
076-15-001
Hepatica acutiloba

Common Name:
Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Sharp-lobed Liverleaf

Forb
Perennial
Evergreen

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in SC)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in moist forests, esp over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist ...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Basal

Flower:
Spring
Whitish
5-6(-12) petaloid sepals
Petals absent
Numerous stamens

Fruit:
Spring
Aggregate of achenes

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p126
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p116
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p135
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p010
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p338
Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p167
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p066
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p078
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p045
Wildflowers of Tennessee p039
Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley & the Southern Appalachians p060




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image of Hepatica acutiloba, image of Anemone acutiloba
JK Marlow      jkm090102_045


January
Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

 

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March

Flowers solitary on elongate, hairy stalks, per A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.

 

image of Hepatica acutiloba, image of Anemone acutiloba
JK Marlow      jkm0303l_07


March
Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove

Old leaves present at early flowering; new leaves develop later, per A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.

Compare this to Anemone americana

 

image of Hepatica acutiloba, image of Anemone acutiloba
JK Marlow      jkm0503a_13


March
Polk County NC

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0503d_07


March
Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove

Seedlings?

 

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JK Marlow      jkm080316_014


March
Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove

 

image of Hepatica acutiloba, image of Anemone acutiloba
JK Marlow      jkm080316_022


March
Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove

Flowers are subtended by 3 green bracts with pointed tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley & the Southern Appalachians.

 

image of Hepatica acutiloba, image of Anemone acutiloba
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April
Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

 

image of Hepatica acutiloba, image of Anemone acutiloba
JK Marlow      jkm0409e_02


September
Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove

 

image of Hepatica acutiloba, image of Anemone acutiloba
JK Marlow      jkm0311b_30


November
Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

"The great majority of threatened and endangered plant species are rare, not because of any inherent biological qualities, but because of the destruction and degradation of their natural habitats by human activity." — Linda Chafin, Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia