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Hepatica nobilis Hepatica
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0617 0323 (2017-06-07)Copyright © 2017 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Mar 21, 2017
latitude 46.36050 longitude 13.70286
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location
Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, right bank of river Soča, next to Trenta 2b cottage, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: navadni jetrnik - syn.: Anemone hepatica L. - Habitat: in grass at the base of a rock boulder next to light mixed wood; Fagus sylvatica, Tilia platyphyllos and Picea abies dominant trees; locally flat terrain, colluvial, skeletal ground with scattered rock boulders; shallow thin soil layer; calcareous ground; semi dry, shady place; exposed to direct rain; elevation 600 m (1.970 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: Hepatica nobilis is another plant which inspires me year after year. It is a very common plant on alkaline limestone-derived soils in west and central Slovenia. One can see it in thousands covering still mostly barren, brown ground of light broadleaved woods in early spring. It is very beautiful in every detail, from intensively coloured petals, tender white filaments with large, sometimes pink stamens to beautifully shaped leaves. The flowers come in very different colours. Most of them are sky-blue to violet-blue, but pink to completely white flowering plants are also not rare. Hepatica nobilis was once used as a medicinal herb to treat liver problems. Ref.: (1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 302. (2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 133. (x) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 144.camera Sony a6000 / Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar E 16-70 mm/f 4
contributor's ID # Bot_1040/2017_DSC00385 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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common names
Hepatica, Liverleaf, Liverwort (photographer)
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