Hepatica nobilis, Miller

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 219

1. H. nobilis Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 1 (1768)

( Anemone hepatica L. ).

Stock short, thick, dark brown. Petioles and peduncles 5-15 cm. Leaves often purplish beneath, cordate at base, 3-lobed; lobes ovate, sericeous when young and sometimes persistently villous beneath. Flowers 15-25 mm in diameter, bluish-violet, purple, white or pinkish. Bracts ovate, entire. Perianth of 6-7(-10) narrow, ovate segments. 2«= 14. Most o f continental Europe, except the extreme north and south; Corse. Al Au Bu Co Cz D a Fe G a Ge He Hs H u It Ju N o Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Su.