Michigan may not have soaring mountain landscapes, but May in Michigan does have liverworts, ok April too.  This is Hepatica americana.  Sometimes there are spots on the leaves, they must have reminded old timers of grandma’s hands trying to make liver taste good. In Michigan you can find Hepatica acutiloba also. To my eyes the flowers look the same, but the leaves are pointed at the ends. One of the wonderful traits of Hepaticas is they bloom before the leaves.  We must not forget to look down. Hepaticas are just the thing to get you out in the woods early in spring. It’s fun for us plantjunkies to see the color variation and the sun looking for this star of the woods.