General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: Clusters of hairy, short-tipped achenes.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Blue
Pink
White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Common Hepatica
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hepatica nobilis
  • Synonym: Anemone hepatica

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Location: my garden, Poland
Date: 2018-04-02
Location: Victoria, BC
Date: 2019-03-22
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2011-04-04
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2018-04-15
 - A lovely array of pink and white stamens surround the yellowis
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2019-03-15
Location: Alpine Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2022-03-26
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-05-03
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2010-03-27
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-03-26
 - The freshly opened blossoms - such a rich blue mauve.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-04-21
 - Cheerful faces look up and greet us.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-03-24
 - Unfurling the buds.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-04-30
 - Fresh new leaves fill out after the blooms are gone.

Date: 2021-04-21

Date: 2021-04-21
Location: PP Na Zelechovických pasekách
Date: 2006-04-02
Pavel Daněk

Date: 2021-04-21

Date: 2021-04-21

Drawing by Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856-1928)

Date: c. 1816
illustration by P. Bessa from 'Herbier Général de l'Amateur', 1

Photo courtesy of: Jose Vicente Ferrandez

Photo courtesy of: Jose Vicente Ferrandez
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2010-04-17
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2010-03-27
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