Sharp-lobed Hepatica

Hepatica acutiloba

This beautiful early spring plant has leaves about 1-1/2 to 2 inches across that have three pointed lobes (sometimes more than three, in odd numbers). However, some plants send up shoots of flowers before the leaves appear; in others, the leaves have overwintered.  Flowers on fairly low talks have varying numbers of petals  (sepals, actually), ofteh white, but sometimes pink or lavendar, or rarely blue.  They are a welcome sight as one of the first to appear on the forest floor in spring.

Under 2 foot, partial sun.

Spring (March-April).

A view of the three-pointed leaf (occasionally with more lobes).

28 March 2021.

Sharp-lobed Hepatica, 28 March 2021.