Anemone hepatica

January 5th's birth flower

Location: Copilot
Location: Akatsuka Botanical Garden
Location: Akatsuka Botanical Garden
Location: Akatsuka Botanical Garden
Location: Akatsuka Botanical Garden

Flower name
Anemone hepatica
Scientific name
Anemone hepatica
Aliasユキワリソウ, liverwort, 雪割草, 三角草, Anemone hepatica
Place of originJapan
Place of floweringBotanical Gardens, Potted flower
Flowering seasonMarch, April
Language of flowers Shyness, Confidence, Perseverance

What is Anemone hepatica

Birth flowers for Jan 5, Jan 11

January 5th's birth flowers are
Anemone hepaticaとCrocus.

“Promise Beneath the Snow”

❄️ January 5th – Hepatica (Mitsumiso)
Language of Flowers: Shyness, Confidence, Perseverance
Story by Aqua, Illustration by Copilot

“Promise Beneath the Snow”,January 5th's birth flowersイラスト by Copilotさん

At the foot of the mountain stood an old shrine.
In winter, it was covered in deep snow,
a quiet place where no one came near.
Yet, beside that shrine,
every year, tiny Hepatica flowers bloom.
Breaking through the snow, their gentle faces appear,
like drops of spring spilling onto the earth.
One winter,
a young girl stopped in front of the shrine.
“I’m here again. Will they bloom this year too…?”
When she was little,
she found Hepatica flowers here with her grandmother.
“These flowers believe in spring and rise from the snow,”
her grandmother said with a smile—
a voice that still lingered in her heart.
The girl reached out her hand over the snow.
Then, within the cold white,
she saw petals tinged with a faint blush.

“…You bloomed.”

Tears welled in her eyes,
not from sadness,
but from the warmth of believing in spring.

Hepatica’s language of flowers is “shyness,” “confidence,” and “perseverance.”
Quietly, yet surely, it blooms with faith in spring—
a tiny drop of courage.

January 5th,
a day when thoughts sleeping beneath the snow gently sprout.
May this single bloom light the spring in your heart. ❄️🌸🫧

Anemone hepatica

Anemone hepatica (scientific name: Anemone hepatica var. Japonica f. Japonica, or Hepatica nobilis) is an endemic variety of Japan, and is a cold-tolerant evergreen perennial herb in the family Ranunculaceae (or Orthoptera). In Japan west of central Honshu, it grows naturally in a well-drained area under half-shade under deciduous trees in mountainous areas. In the spring, the snow breaks and blooms pretty flowers in a single inflorescence. But in fact, what looks like this flower is the calyx, without petals. The leaves are all roots, green and glossy, and the triangular leaf is divided into three tips, each tip having a sharp tip. The flower name was derived from this leaf shape.
Flowers that resemble Anemone hepatica (Misumisou, f. Japonica) include Suhamasou (scientific name: Anemone hepatica var. Japonica f. Variegata), Oh-misumisou (scientific name: Anemone hepatica var. Japonica f. Magna), and Kesuhamasou (Scientific name: Anemone hepatica var. Pubescens. They are collectively called "Yukiwari-sou".

Common name: Anemone hepatica,
scientific name: Anemone hepatica var. Japonica f. Japonica, or: Hepatica nobilis (var. Japonica f. Japonica),
also known as: Asian liverleaf, liverwort,
Origin: Japan, Distribution: Japan west of central Honshu, Environment: Under deciduous trees in mountainous areas,
Lifestyle: Perennial,
Plant height: 5-15 cm,
Root leaves, Leaves Introductory: Alternating, Leaf shape: Triangular, 3 deeply tipped and sharp, leaf width: 5 cm,
inflorescence: single inflorescence, flower diameter: 1-1.5 cm, flowering period: March-April, petal color (actual , Sepal color): white, peach, bluish purple,
remarks: semi-endangered species.

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