獐耳细辛 zhang er xi xin

Hepatica asiatica Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 13: 309. 1937.

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.

* Forests, grassy slopes; 700--1100 m. Anhui, Henan, Liaoning, SE Shaanxi, Zhejiang.

Hepatica nobilis var. nobilis occurs in Europe.