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Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Sharp-lobed Liverleaf
Hepatica acutiloba
Look for it in moist forests, esp over calcareous or mafic rocks
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Flowers are subtended by 3 green bracts with pointed tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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The 5-12 petal-like sepals are white, pink, lavender, purple or blue, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Three-lobed evergreen leaves w sharply pointed tips, hence the common name, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
Round-lobed Hepatica, Round-lobed Liverleaf
Hepatica americana
Look for it in moist forests
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Leaves 3-lobed with rounded tips, wider than long, persisting thru winter, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Leaves purplish beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Flowers on hairy stalks, subtended by 3 green bracts with rounded tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Flowers have 5-12 sepals (no petals) & numerous stamens & ovaries, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.