Hepatica
Hepatica, or Liverleaf, a perennial herb. The plant's three-lobed leaves are similar in shape to the human liver. Hepaticas are native to Europe, Asia, and North America. They grow in open woodlands, blooming in early spring. The buttercup-shaped blossoms are formed by six petal-like sepals and may be white, pink, blue, or purplish. They grow best in moist, shaded soil. The American species are the common (or sharp-leaved) hepatica, found in the eastern United States, and the blunt-leaved hepatica, which grows in the Midwest.
The common hepatica is Hepatica acutiloba; the blunt-leaved, H. americana. Hepaticas belong to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae.