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Hepatica nobilis (hepatica)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Hepatica nobilis or Anemone americana is a herbaceous perennial in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is native to the eastern United States and to central and eastern Canada. In cultivation, this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Infraspecies

Anemone hepatica var. hepatica
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta (Sharp-lobed hepatica)
Hepatica nobilis var. asiatica
Hepatica nobilis var. nipponica
Hepatica nobilis var. nobilis
Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (Roundlobe hepatica)
Hepatica nobilis var. pubescens
Hepatica triloba var. triloba

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [3]  The plant is poisonous in large doses; The toxic principle is dissipated by heat or drying;
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees, Flies, Beetles, Lepidoptera
Structure [5]  Herb
Height [3]  3.937 inches (0.1 m)
Width [3]  3.937 inches (0.1 m)
Light Preference [4]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [4]  Mostly Dry
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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0