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Sharplobe Hepatica, Sharp-lobed Liverleaf (Hepatica acutiloba) Clay Co., NC 14 May 2005 Uncommon in moist, high pH soils in forested habitats in the western half of NC. |
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Sharplobe Hepatica, Sharp-lobed Liverleaf (Hepatica acutiloba) Clay Co., NC 14 May 2005 Some authorities suggest that Hepatica should be included within the genus Anemone, hence this would be Anemone acutiloba. Others believe this taxon is best treated as a variety of Hepatica nobilis (var. acuta). |
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Roundlobe Hepatica, Round-lobed Liverleaf (Hepatica americana, Anemone americana) Durham Co., NC 10 Mar 2007 Common and statewide in North Carolina, Roundlobe Hepatica grows in forests with mesic (moist) soils. |
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Roundlobe Hepatica, Round-lobed Liverleaf (Hepatica americana, Anemone americana) Durham Co., NC 10 Mar 2007 Some authorities treat this species as Anemone americana, and others treat it as Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa. |
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Roundlobe Hepatica, Round-lobed Liverleaf (Hepatica americana, Anemone americana) Durham Co., NC 10 Mar 2007 One of the native spring ephemerals. |
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Roundlobe Hepatica, Round-lobed Liverleaf (Hepatica americana, Anemone americana) Durham Co., NC 10 Mar 2007 |
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Roundlobe Hepatica, Round-lobed Liverleaf (Hepatica americana, Anemone americana) Durham Co., NC 10 Mar 2007 |
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Roundlobe Hepatica, Round-lobed Liverleaf (Hepatica americana, Anemone americana) Durham Co., NC 10 Mar 2007 Hepaticas are often found growing at or near the bases of large trees. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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