Project Description

Blunt-lobed Hepatica

Blunt-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana)

Joy Grannis

Watercolor, Photoshop
Blunt-lobed hepatica are one of the first woodland wild flowers that bloom in the spring in the Northeast. Their purple petals pop against all the dead leaves and other remnants of fall. I was thrilled to find these just in time for the dissection plate assignment.