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Description
Anemone acutiloba (de Candolle) G. Lawson, Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada. 2(4): 30. 1884.

The colloquial name of this fleeting beauty is Sharp Lobed Hepatica. She (ok... she and he... who's perfect... a silly botanical joke) is a gorgeous native wildflower here in the Appalachian hills of south-eastern Ohio, in wonderful Athens county. I'm so glad the goddess of spring is finally awaking here in the woods. Late sleeper this time.

The fern in the background providing deep, evergreen color through the winter and lasting into the spring here is Polystichum acrostichoides

The taxonomy of this Anemone or Hepatica is in flux, to say the least, as the resolution her relationship with the very closely related Eurasian Anemone hepatica and North American Anemone americana is unclear. Genetic or molecular data places all three muses in the genus Anemone. Plant form or anatomy, also known as morphology, is often intermediate between all three. All three were previously and relatively recently lumped into the laurels of Hepatica nobilis , above, and some plant taxonomists still support this stance.... [link] while others, perhaps incorporating more of a plant systematicist approach and recent molecular evidence, have noted that the plants should be placed in Anemone. [link] But one Anemone or three? Anemone is gaining ground and the former link will likely update. Oh, anomaly !

Oh... and she comes in blue, pink and white... and all three are in abundance together on the same the same wooded slope above our bikepath... sweet! I love nature in the woods... ahhhhhhhh... spring....

My favorite quote from the latter link: "D. E. Moerman (1986) lists Hepatica acutiloba as one of the plants used medicinally by Native Americans in the treatment of abdominal pains, poor digestion, and constipation, as a wash for "twisted mouth or crossed eyes," and as a gynecological aid."

Twisted mouth, or crossed eyes...

Description
Anemone acutiloba (de Candolle) G. Lawson, Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada. 2(4): 30. 1884.

The colloquial name of this fleeting beauty is Sharp Lobed Hepatica. She (ok... she and he... who's perfect... a silly botanical joke) is a gorgeous native wildflower here in the Appalachian hills of south-eastern Ohio, in wonderful Athens county. I'm so glad the goddess of spring is finally awaking here in the woods. Late sleeper this time.

The fern in the background providing deep, evergreen color through the winter and lasting into the spring here is Polystichum acrostichoides

The taxonomy of this Anemone or Hepatica is in flux, to say the least, as the resolution her relationship with the very closely related Eurasian Anemone hepatica and North American Anemone americana is unclear. Genetic or molecular data places all three muses in the genus Anemone. Plant form or anatomy, also known as morphology, is often intermediate between all three. All three were previously and relatively recently lumped into the laurels of Hepatica nobilis , above, and some plant taxonomists still support this stance.... [link] while others, perhaps incorporating more of a plant systematicist approach and recent molecular evidence, have noted that the plants should be placed in Anemone. [link] But one Anemone or three? Anemone is gaining ground and the former link will likely update. Oh, anomaly !

Oh... and she comes in blue, pink and white... and all three are in abundance together on the same the same wooded slope above our bikepath... sweet! I love nature in the woods... ahhhhhhhh... spring....

My favorite quote from the latter link: "D. E. Moerman (1986) lists Hepatica acutiloba as one of the plants used medicinally by Native Americans in the treatment of abdominal pains, poor digestion, and constipation, as a wash for "twisted mouth or crossed eyes," and as a gynecological aid."

Twisted mouth, or crossed eyes...