Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl. is a plant in the Ranunculaceae family, order Ranunculales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl. (Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.)
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Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.

Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.

Hepatica americana, the round-lobed hepatica, is a herbaceous flowering buttercup native to eastern North America.

Family
Genus
Hepatica
Order
Ranunculales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.

Hepatica americana, commonly known as the round-lobed hepatica, is a herbaceous flowering plant that belongs to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. This species is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States. Some taxonomic classifications place it within the genus Anemone, where it may be referred to by the names Anemone americana, Anemone hepatica, or Anemone nobilis.

Photo: (c) Yianni Laskaris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Yianni Laskaris · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Ranunculales Ranunculaceae Hepatica

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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