Round-lobed Hepatica
Hepatica americana
Liverleaf is one of the earliest woodland wildflowers, opening blue, pink, or white flowers over leathery three-lobed leaves that persist through winter. A beloved native for rich, shaded slopes.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–0.75 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–0.75 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- container
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV