Sharp Lobed Hepatica

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta] shown with a Double Flowering Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta f plena]. North Central, Pa. 4-9-24.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24. Unusual petal

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24.

Blue and purple Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24. Notice the perfect round black spot on the petal.

Pink, light and dark, Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24. One of my favorite Sharp Lobed Hepatica from the year, light pink with a dark pink center.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24

A very unusual Sharp Lobed Hepatica with stamens and stigmas but no flower petals [sepals]. [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24.

Miner Bee [Anthophora abrupta] pollinating Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24.

Miner Bee [Anthophora abrupta] pollinating Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24. Notice the grains of pollen on its leg as it has come in contact with a stamen.

Miner Bee [Anthophora abrupta] pollinating Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24. Notice the grains of pollen on its legs and face and antenna.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24

What the wonders of a wet raning spring can mean compared to last springs drought, thousands of Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta] at one small area this year. Tioga County, Pa. 4-9-24

Nothing can stand in the way of a wildflower blooming and fulfillling its destiny and urge to reproduce, in this case, Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 3-16-24.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. North Central, Pa. 3-16-24.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica leaf [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 12-8-23

One very tiny Sharp Lobed Hepatica leaf [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 12-8-23

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-14-23.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-14-23. Showing tiny pollen gains on the stamens [male] found at the end of the connecting filaments, in the middle of the flower the greenish points are the stigmas [female]. The ovaries can be found at the base of the stigmas

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-14-23.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-14-23. Caught in leaf litter this Hepatica still manages to bloom.

Multi petal Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-14-23.

Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-14-23.

This is what is referred to as a "Maiden" flower. Only having stigma [female parts] and no stamens [male parts]. It is still possible for these plants to reproduce and have fruit or seeds, if it gets pollen from an adjacent flower with stamens. Sharp Lobed Hepatica [Hepatica americana var. acuta]. Tioga County, Pa. 4-14-23.