• Scientific Name: Hepatica nobilis var. asiatica (Nakai) H.Hara
• Ref: J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6(2):51. 1952
• Synonyms:
  • Anemone hepatica var. asiatica (Nakai) H.Hara
  • A. hepatica var. japonica (Nakai) Ohwi
  • A. hepatica f. magna M.Hiroe
  • A. hepatica var. nipponica (Nakai) M.Hiroe
  • A. hepatica var. pubescens M.Hiroe
  • Hepatica asiatica Nakai
  • H. asiatica f. acutiloba Nakai
  • H. asiatica f. obtusiloba Nakai
  • H. asiatica var. yuseongii Y.N.Lee
  • H. asiatica f. yuseongii (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim
  • H. insularis Nakai
  • H. nobilis f. japonica (Nakai) Yonek.
  • H. nobilis var. japonica Nakai
  • H. nobilis f. pubescens (M.Hiroe) Kadota
  • H. nobilis f. zaoensis Ohno & S.Tsuru
• English Common Name: Asian liverleaf
• Chinese Common Name: 獐耳细辛 zhāng’ěr xìxīn
• Japanese Common Name: ミスミソウ [三角草] misumisō, ユキワリソウ [雪割草] yukiwarisō
• Family: Ranunculaceae
• Genus: Hepatica
• Distribution: Forests, grassy slopes; 700–1100 m. Anhui, Henan, Liaoning, SE Shaanxi, Zhejiang.
• Photo: 03/28/2015, Mt. Kuocang, Zhejiang
• Note: shares the Japanese common name yukiwarisō (snow-sweeping grass) with Primula modesta.

Plants 8--18 cm tall. Rhizome short. Leaves 3--6; petiole 6--9 cm, glabrate; leaf blade triangular-ovate, 2.5--6.5 × 4.5--7.5 cm, sparsely hairy, base deeply cordate, 3-parted to middle; lobes broadly ovate, entire, apex subobtuse to obtuse and sometimes mucronate. Scapes 1--6, villous; involucral bracts ovate to elliptic-ovate, 7--12 × 3--6 mm, abaxially villous, margin entire, apex acute to slightly obtuse. Sepals 6--11, pink to purple, narrowly oblong, 8--14 × 3--6 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 2--6 mm; anthers ca. 0.7 mm. Ovary densely villous. Achenes ca. 4 mm, villous. Fl. Apr--May. (Flora of China)

03/28/2015, Mt. Kuocang, Zhejiang

03/28/2015, Mt. Kuocang, Zhejiang

03/28/2015, Mt. Kuocang, Zhejiang