hepatica
- n any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions
- n a common liverwort
- Penny Wise (by Jean Ferguson Black; Juliana Morgan, producer) belongs to a trivial and pleasant species of growth which, like grape hyacinth, hepatica and the dogtooth violet .
- In his special lecture, "Wake Up Your Sluggish Soil" (published originally in Petal Stem), he concludes: "Spare the leaf mold, spoil the hepatica.
- The pale blue hepatica, with leaves shaped like the lobes of the liver, was good for any liver disorder.