[1] Each clump-forming plant grows 5 to 19 cm (2.0 to 7.5 in) tall, flowering in the early to mid spring.

The flowers are greenish-white, white, purple or pinkish in color, with a rounded shape.

After flowering the fruits are produced in small, rounded columned heads, on pedicels 1 to 4 mm long.

[2] Hepatica acutiloba is native to central eastern North America where it can be found growing in deciduous open woods, most often in calcareous soils.

[2] Among the Cherokee Indians, the plant was formerly used to cure coughs, either in tea or by chewing its root.