Lunaria
| Lunaria | |
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| L. annua | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Lunaria L. |
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Lunaria annua - Annual Honesty | |
Lunaria, common name honesty, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to central and southern Europe and North America. It includes four species, the annual or biennial L. annua (syn. L. biennis), , the perennial L. rediviva and the rare Balkan species Lunaria telekiana.[1]
The Latin name Lunaria means "moon-like" and refers to the plants' decorative seedpods.[2]
They have hairy toothed leaves and terminal racemes of white or violet flowers in Spring and Summer, followed by prominent, translucent, disc-shaped seedpods, which are frequently seen in flower arrangements.[1]
They are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens, and have become naturalised in many temperate areas away from their native habitat.
References[]
- ^ a b RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1-4053-3296-5.
- ^ Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names. USA: Timber Press. pp. 312. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2.
- Brassicaceae
- Brassicaceae genera
- Garden plants