General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 6 inches
Plant Spread: 6 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Semi-evergreen
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Propagation: Seeds: Seeds are hydrophilic
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Sharp-Lobed Hepatica
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hepatica nobilis var. acuta
  • Synonym: Hepatica acutiloba
  • Synonym: Anemone acutiloba
  • Synonym: Anemone hepatica var. acuta

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2020-02-13
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2018-04-01
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-03-17
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Date: 2023-03-17
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: Western Washington

Date: 2018-04-08
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-05-05
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2021-04-09

Date: 2016-05-12
Location: My house 
Date: 2020-04-18
Hepatica nobilis var. Acuta
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2019-04-13
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2009-03-28
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: St Louis
Date: 2020-04-02
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-04-16
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-03-25
This one has soft blue flowers.
Location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date: 2019-04-21
Three hairy bracts clasp each bud.  The white 'petals' are actual
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2012-04-08

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Skaneateles Conservation Area
photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher
Uploaded by kylaluaz
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2012-06-21
New spring growth emerging after blooming.

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
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