Scientific name: Hepatica nobilis Schreber var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark

Common name: Sharplobe Hepatica

Family: Ranunculaceae

Origin: Native

Flowering records: February - April

Habitat: Rich woods, on slopes

Image:Hepatica nobilis Schreber var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark
at the Lavender Mountain, Berry College Campus, Mt. Berry,
Floyd County, Northwest Georgia, Southeastern United States
( February 25, 2007.)

Comments: Alvin W. Chapman (1809 - 1899) collected Hepatica nobilis Schreber var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark on "Bluff near Rome" in Floyd County, Georgia. Chapman's collection of Hepatica nobilis Schreber var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark, AUA 10518, is at Auburn University Herbarium, Auburn, in Alabama.

References:
1. Auburn University Herbarium http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/botany/herbarium/ Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
3. Image by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford
4. USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Last updated on January 10, 2013.

Alvin W. Chapman's Collection from Floyd County, Georgia (1872-1891)
Botanical Exploration in Floyd County, Georgia

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