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Liverwort (Hepatica)
Liverwort is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, native to central and northern Europe, Asia and eastern North America. Bisexual flowers with pink, purple, blue, or white sepals and three green bracts appear singly on hairy stems from late winter to spring. The leaves are basal, leathery, and usually three-lobed, remaining over winter. 
Lifespan
Perennial
Key Facts About Liverwort
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Attributes of Liverwort
Plant Height
15 cm
Spread
15 cm
Flower Color
White
Purple
Blue
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Scientific Classification of Liverwort
Distribution of Liverwort
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Distribution Map of Liverwort
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Liverwort
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Liverwort is a hardy perennial with charming spring blooms. It prefers shady to partially sunny locations, with cool, well-drained, humus-rich soil. Basic care involves protecting the plant from direct sunlight and keeping the soil moist but not waterlogged. Common challenges include leaf spot, stem rot, and fungal diseases, often due to overwatering or poor ventilation. Seasonally, this plant requires additional mulching in winter for frost protection, and reduced watering in summer to prevent root rot. A balanced care approach will ensure healthy, vivid blooms from liverwort each spring.
How to Water Liverwort?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Liverwort?
How to Propagate Liverwort?
How to Plant Liverwort?
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5 most common species：
Liverwort
Liverwort (*Hepatica nobilis*) is in the same family as the buttercup flower and is native to North America, Central and Northern Europe, and Asia. Its common name of "liverwort" is derived from the fact that the three-lobed leaf resembles a human liver in appearance. This plant is poisonous in high doses, so your actual liver won't appreciate it! Oddly, the plant produces pollen but not nectar - sometimes confusing bees!
Roundlobe Hepatica
Roundlobe Hepatica, (Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa) is also called mouse-ears or liverleaf. This plant gets its nicknames from the small basal leaves whose shape resembles that of a liver or a mouse's ear. It loves to ramble along the ground in dry woodlands and rocky slopes. Hepatica has been used ornamentally in Japan since the 18th century, where it has been cultivated to include double-flowering varieties.
Sharplobe hepatica
Sharplobe hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. acuta) is a low-growing flowering plant that inhabits chalky soils in eastern and central North America. It prefers open deciduous forests. The flowers that bloom in early or mid-spring can be white, purple, or pink.
Hepatica nobilis var. asiatica
Hepatica nobilis var. asiatica is a variety of the common hepatica (Hepatica nobilis). It's a flowering plant that inhabits forests and grassy slopes. It produces pink to purple, anemone-like pollen-producing flowers that don't produce nectar but are often cultivated in gardens.
Hepatica transsilvanica
Hepatica transsilvanica is a charming perennial, flourishing under deciduous canopy. With distinctive leathery, three-lobed leaves, it unfurls delicate, yet resilient blooms in early spring, ranging from sky blue to violet-pink. The flowers, singularly perched atop slender stalks, possess a trio of bracts mimicking petals, an adaptation seducing early pollinators in its cool, understory habitat.
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Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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About
Key Facts
Distribution
How To Care
All Species
More Genus
Liverwort
Hepatica
Liverwort is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, native to central and northern Europe, Asia and eastern North America. Bisexual flowers with pink, purple, blue, or white sepals and three green bracts appear singly on hairy stems from late winter to spring. The leaves are basal, leathery, and usually three-lobed, remaining over winter.
Lifespan
Perennial
Key Facts About Liverwort
Feedback
Attributes of Liverwort
Plant Height
15 cm
Spread
15 cm
Flower Color
White
Purple
Blue
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Scientific Classification of Liverwort
Distribution of Liverwort
Feedback
Distribution Map of Liverwort
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Liverwort
Feedback
Liverwort is a hardy perennial with charming spring blooms. It prefers shady to partially sunny locations, with cool, well-drained, humus-rich soil. Basic care involves protecting the plant from direct sunlight and keeping the soil moist but not waterlogged. Common challenges include leaf spot, stem rot, and fungal diseases, often due to overwatering or poor ventilation. Seasonally, this plant requires additional mulching in winter for frost protection, and reduced watering in summer to prevent root rot. A balanced care approach will ensure healthy, vivid blooms from liverwort each spring.
How to Water Liverwort?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Liverwort?
How to Propagate Liverwort?
How to Plant Liverwort?
Exploring the Liverwort Plants
Feedback
5 most common species：
Liverwort
Liverwort (*Hepatica nobilis*) is in the same family as the buttercup flower and is native to North America, Central and Northern Europe, and Asia. Its common name of "liverwort" is derived from the fact that the three-lobed leaf resembles a human liver in appearance. This plant is poisonous in high doses, so your actual liver won't appreciate it! Oddly, the plant produces pollen but not nectar - sometimes confusing bees!
Roundlobe Hepatica
Roundlobe Hepatica, (Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa) is also called mouse-ears or liverleaf. This plant gets its nicknames from the small basal leaves whose shape resembles that of a liver or a mouse's ear. It loves to ramble along the ground in dry woodlands and rocky slopes. Hepatica has been used ornamentally in Japan since the 18th century, where it has been cultivated to include double-flowering varieties.
Sharplobe hepatica
Sharplobe hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. acuta) is a low-growing flowering plant that inhabits chalky soils in eastern and central North America. It prefers open deciduous forests. The flowers that bloom in early or mid-spring can be white, purple, or pink.
Hepatica nobilis var. asiatica
Hepatica nobilis var. asiatica is a variety of the common hepatica (Hepatica nobilis). It's a flowering plant that inhabits forests and grassy slopes. It produces pink to purple, anemone-like pollen-producing flowers that don't produce nectar but are often cultivated in gardens.
Show More Species
More Popular Genus
Feedback
Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
Your Ultimate Guide to Plants
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17,000 local species +400,000 global species studied
Nearly 5 years of research
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