Hepatica americana

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRanunculaceae
Family (Traditional)Ranunculaceae
GenusHepatica
Species:Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.
Common NameRoundlobe Hepatica
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Persistance: Tardily Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Blue; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: Purple; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 8
StatusNative
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Clark (KY), Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lawrence (KY), McCreary (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rowan (KY), Russell (KY), Anderson (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Lincoln (TN), Loudon (TN), Macon (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1961 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100610540 Lawrence Kentucky 02 Apr 2006 Romie Hughart
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610516 Harlan Kentucky 30 Apr 1993 Bryce D. Fields
169
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610482 Fayette Kentucky 28 Apr 1974 Ruth B. (Alford) MacFarlane
3257
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610565 McCreary Kentucky 08 Apr 2000 Kara Beth Haynes with K. S. jasper
11
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610557 McCreary Kentucky 26 Jun 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne
72E32.12
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610474 Clark Kentucky 13 Apr 2000 Sara C. Martin
25
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610524 Jackson Kentucky 01 Sep 1986 Joe Abner
597
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610664 Rowan Kentucky 11 Jul 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2896
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610466 Bell Kentucky 19 Sep 1978 Richard H. Hannan
KEP-00219
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610631 Pulaski Kentucky 08 Apr 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
2912
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610672 Russell Kentucky 07 Apr 1996 Brad Huelsman
6
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610532 Laurel Kentucky 21 Apr 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-58
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610649 Pulaski Kentucky 04 May 1996 Andrew Denham
16
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610581 McCreary Kentucky 19 Apr 1998 C. L. Waters
3
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610573 McCreary Kentucky 19 Apr 1998 C. L. Waters
5
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610508 Harlan Kentucky 22 May 1993 Bryce D. Fields
313
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610599 McCreary Kentucky 19 Apr 1998 C. L. Waters
19
EKY
Hepatica americana
BEREA019267 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Hepatica americana
BEREA019268 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097679 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097711 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097715 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097759 McCreary Kentucky
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097719 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097687 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097692 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097717 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097725 Union Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097688 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097714 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097703 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097706 Lewis Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097699 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097681 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097695 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097726 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097758 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097713 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097694 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097709 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097689 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097682 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097700 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097708 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097701 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097691 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097718 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097710 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097712 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097698 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097705 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097720 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097686 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097696 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097678 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097683 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097724 Union Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097685 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097697 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097693 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097684 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097680 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097690 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097707 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097722 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097702 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097721 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097704 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097723 Union Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
TENN-V-0097716 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Hepatica americana
UCHT011980 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT011968 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT011978 Anderson Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT011970 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT011969 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT011971 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT011972 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT011979 Franklin Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT011977 Anderson Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
HTTU019638 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022929 Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU019642 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU032048 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022931 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU032049 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022930 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022933 Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU019639 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU032055 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU019643 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU019640 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022926 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022936 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022934 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU029442 Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022932 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022927 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022937 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022935 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU019641 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
HTTU022928 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004379 Sumner Tennessee 21 Mar 2009 Brady McPherson
15
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004378 Warren Tennessee 28 Mar 1976 Richard D. Martin
25
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004366 Rutherford Tennessee 22 Mar 1986 Dewain Patterson
8
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004372 Cannon Tennessee 08 Apr 1984 Kim Reed
29
MTSU
Hepatica americana
UCHT031266 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT031257 Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
ETSU008702 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004374 Cannon Tennessee 31 Mar 1984 Kim J. Laman
7
MTSU
Hepatica americana
UCHT031251 Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT031249 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT031250 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT031253 Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
MTSU004375 Coffee Tennessee 28 Mar 1981 Ruben Crosslin
8
MTSU
Hepatica americana
UCHT040280 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT031259 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT031255 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT031252 Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT031264 Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT031263 Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UCHT040434 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
UTM00459 Hickman Tennessee
UTM
Hepatica americana
31234100610490 Garrard Kentucky 12 May 1983 Donna A. Godbey
52
EKY
Hepatica americana
31234100610656 Pulaski Kentucky 19 Mar 1997 Christi Loveless
6
EKY
Hepatica americana
MTSU004380 Cannon Tennessee 05 Apr 2007 Leonela Carriedo
MTSU
Hepatica americana
UCHT031261 Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
MTSU004385 Coffee Tennessee 24 Apr 2002 Peter Prestwich
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004371 DeKalb Tennessee 02 Apr 1984 Michael Rutledge
13
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004377 Rutherford Tennessee 15 Apr 1970 David Bryan
1
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004369 Rutherford Tennessee 02 Apr 1988 Kim D. Stewart
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004386 Rutherford Tennessee 07 Apr 1996 Katie Lee
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004368 DeKalb Tennessee 01 Apr 1984 Tim Shivers
20
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004367 Lewis Tennessee 09 Mar 1985 Fred Hardy
14
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004365 Lincoln Tennessee 20 Apr 1998 V. Sanders
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004373 Macon Tennessee 23 Feb 1984 Liz Leclercq
3
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004376 Anderson Tennessee 01 Apr 1978 Riley E. Sain
1
MTSU
Hepatica americana
MTSU004370 Cannon Tennessee 01 Apr 1984 Susan Hatcliff
MTSU
Hepatica americana
UCHT031254 Tennessee
UCHT
Hepatica americana
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Hepatica americana - Ashley B. Morris
Hepatica americana - Ashley B. Morris
Hepatica americana - Ashley B. Morris
Hepatica americana - Ashley B. Morris
Hepatica americana - Ashley B. Morris
Hepatica americana - Ashley B. Morris
Hepatica americana - Dwayne Estes
Hepatica americana - Dwayne Estes
Hepatica americana - Milo Pyne
Hepatica americana - Milo Pyne
Hepatica americana - Milo Pyne
Hepatica americana - Milo Pyne
Hepatica americana - Tara Littlefield
Hepatica americana - Tara Littlefield
Hepatica americana - Joey Shaw
Hepatica americana - Joey Shaw