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How to Grow and Care for Liverwort

Liverwort

Liverwort requires low to moderate light and consistently moist soil. Special care points include ensuring good air circulation to prevent mold and providing a substrate that can retain moisture without becoming waterlogged. They thrive in cool temperatures and high humidity, making them ideal for terrariums or shaded garden spots.

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Watering schedule: Every week

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Sunlight Requirements: Partial sun

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Planting and Growing Liverwort

Care DifficultyEasy
LifespanPerennial
Watering ScheduleEvery week
Sunlight RequirementsPartial sun
Soil TypeGarden Soil
Soil pH6-7.5
Hardiness Zones
4-8
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Types of Liverwort
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Liverwort

Liverwort (*Hepatica nobilis*) is in the same family as the buttercup flower and is native to North America, Central and Northern Europe, and Asia. Its common name of "liverwort" is derived from the fact that the three-lobed leaf resembles a human liver in appearance. This plant is poisonous in high doses, so your actual liver won't appreciate it! Oddly, the plant produces pollen but not nectar - sometimes confusing bees!

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Roundlobe Hepatica

Roundlobe Hepatica, (Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa) is also called mouse-ears or liverleaf. This plant gets its nicknames from the small basal leaves whose shape resembles that of a liver or a mouse's ear. It loves to ramble along the ground in dry woodlands and rocky slopes. Hepatica has been used ornamentally in Japan since the 18th century, where it has been cultivated to include double-flowering varieties.

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Sharplobe hepatica

Sharplobe hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. acuta) is a low-growing flowering plant that inhabits chalky soils in eastern and central North America. It prefers open deciduous forests. The flowers that bloom in early or mid-spring can be white, purple, or pink.

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Hepatica nobilis var. asiatica

Hepatica nobilis var. asiatica is a variety of the common hepatica (Hepatica nobilis). It's a flowering plant that inhabits forests and grassy slopes. It produces pink to purple, anemone-like pollen-producing flowers that don't produce nectar but are often cultivated in gardens.

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Hepatica transsilvanica

Hepatica transsilvanica is a charming perennial, flourishing under deciduous canopy. With distinctive leathery, three-lobed leaves, it unfurls delicate, yet resilient blooms in early spring, ranging from sky blue to violet-pink. The flowers, singularly perched atop slender stalks, possess a trio of bracts mimicking petals, an adaptation seducing early pollinators in its cool, understory habitat.

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