''Lunaria'', common names honesty, dollar plant, money-in-both-pockets, money plant, moneywort, moonwort, and silver dollar;
is a
genus of
flowering plants in the family
Brassicaceae. It is
native
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** Native Americans (disambiguation)
In arts and entert ...
to central and southern
Europe and North America. Species include:
*''
L. annua'' (
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''L. biennis''),
annual or
biennial
*''Lunaria elongata, L. elongata''
*''Lunaria rediviva, L. rediviva'', perennial plant, perennial
*''Lunaria telekiana, L. telekiana''. rare Balkan species
The Latin name ''Lunaria'' means "moon-like" and refers to the plants' decorative seedpods.
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.
They are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens, and have become naturalisation (biology), naturalised in many temperateness, temperate areas away from their native habitat.
Gallery
Lunaria annua, seeds.jpg, ''L. annua'', with seeds
Lunaria annua, without seeds.jpg, ''L. annua'', without seeds
Lunaria annua seeds J3.JPG, ''L. annua'', unripe seedpod in July
Lunaria annua detail.jpg, Detail of flower,
''L. annua''
Lunaria_annua_chile.JPG, White-flowered form,
''L. annua''
Lunaria annua storage roots.jpg, Storage roots at the end of first growth period,
''L. annua''
Lunaria rediviva 251202.jpg, ''L. rediviva''
Lunaria rediviva 2015-06-01 OB 122.jpg, ''L. rediviva''
Lunaria rediviva 2015-06-01 OB 120.jpg, ''L. rediviva''
See also
*Money plant
References
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Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae genera
Garden plants