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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Anemone acutiloba
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 076-15-001:
Hepatica acutiloba
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hepatica acuta
COMMON NAME:
Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Sharp-lobed Liverleaf
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_heac4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090102_045
January Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_acutiloba
February
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Ben Geer Keys bgk660_a
March
Flowers solitary on elongate, hairy stalks, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm0303l_07
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Old leaves present at early flowering; new leaves develop later, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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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
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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, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm140322_340
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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JK Marlow jkm140322_349
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Fruit an aggregate of achenes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes
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JK Marlow jkm150322_903
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm150322_909
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm150322_913
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Flowers solitary on elongate, villous or pilose scapes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hepatica_acutiloba_3
March
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hepatica_acutiloba_5
March
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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JK Marlow jkm140418_294
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm140418_366
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Deformed leaves with a rust fungus.
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JK Marlow jkm170413_574
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170413_574b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_a_acutiloba_1784
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_a_acutiloba_1796
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Steve Marlow snm090405_013
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm0409e_02
September Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Three-lobed evergreen leaves w sharply pointed tips, hence the common name, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
COMPARE
Hepatica species
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JK Marlow jkm0311b_30
November Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park