Connecticut Plants
Round-lobed Hepatica
Anemone americana
- Synonyms: Hepatica americana , Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyerm.
- Family: buttercup (Ranunculaceae)
- Habitat: rocky woods
- Height: 4-6 inches
- Flower size: 3/4 inch across
- Flower color: white, blue, or pink
- Flowering time: March to May
- Origin: native

Flowers may be white, blue, purple, or pink.

Photographed in Berks County, Pennsylvania in mid-April.

Photographed in Berks County, Pennsylvania in mid-April.


Leaves of round-lobed hepatica have three lobes that are very rounded at the tips.

Leaf of a closely-related plant, sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba). Sharp-lobed hepatica leaves have three to seven lobes and sharply pointed tips.