Hepatica nobilis Schreb.

Anemone hepatica, the common hepatica, liverwort, liverleaf, kidneywort, or pennywort, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. This herbaceous perennial grows from a rhizome.

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Synonyms 24

Anemone angulosa, Anemone hepatica, Anemone praecox, Anemone triloba, Hepatica alba, Hepatica anemonoides, Hepatica angulosa, Hepatica hepatica, Hepatica nobilis, Hepatica plena, Hepatica rhaetica, Hepatica rubra, Hepatica triloba, Hepatica vulgaris, Anemone hepatica subsp. alba, Anemone hepatica subsp. rhaetica, Anemone hepatica var. glabrata, Hepatica triloba var. seretensis, Anemone hepatica f. alba, Anemone hepatica f. marmorata, Anemone hepatica f. striata, Hepatica triloba f. albiflora, Hepatica triloba f. subquinqueloba, Hepatica triloba f. tetraphylla

393,401 GBIF occurrences
44,359 iNaturalist observations

Conservation status code

Conservation: status label

Least Concern

Conservation: population trend

Stable

Conservation: year assessed

2026

IUCN Red List page

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203403/209217202

Habitats

Threats

IUCN: population narrative

No information on population trends are available. Overall the population seems stable.

IUCN: habitat narrative

The species thrives in forests, scrubby grasslands and gardens in the lowlands but also high in the mountains (Castroviejo et al. 1986).

IUCN: threats narrative

Logging and wood harvesting may impact populations locally, and collection of the plant from the wild for medicinal use is considered a threat in Macedonia (Council of Europe 2010).

IUCN: conservation narrative

The species is included as threatened in the national Red Lists of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Croatia (Šilić 1996, unpublished factsheet from MAPROW database: U. Schippmann, pers. comm. Nov. 2013). Monitoring of populations to determine the scale and impact of collection from the wild is recommended.The species is represented by 13 germplasm accessions held at European institutions (EURISCO 2024) and is included in the living collection of at least 115 botanical gardens (BGCI 2024). It occurs in many protected areas, including Natura 2000 sites (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2024, GBIF.org 2024).

IUCN: rationale

European regional assessment: Least Concern (LC)EU 27 regional assessment: Least Concern (LC)The species is present in most of Europe and has become naturalised in some parts. It is assessed as Least Concern for both Europe and the EU27 Member States due to its widespread distribution, stable populations and no major threats; however, monitoring of populations to determine the scale and impact of collection from the wild is recommended.

Hepatica nobilis Schreb.

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