Showing posts with label April. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April. Show all posts

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Wild Flowers Native to the Forest Floor




April Blooms
The wild flower ~ Common Hepatica ~





Today the botanical name is Hepatica nobilis but Carl von Linné gave it the name Anemone hepatica. Common names: Common Hepatica, Kidneywort, Liverwort, Pennywort. This little pretty flower is a member of the Ranunculaceae family that is native to the forest floors of temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In my country you are not