''Lunaria'', common names honesty, dollar plant, money-in-both-pockets, money plant, moneywort, moonwort, and silver dollar;
is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, while some are shrubs. The le ...
. It is
native
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to central and southern
Europe
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and North America. Species include:
*''
L. annua'' (
syn. ''L. biennis''),
annual
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** Literary annual
* Annual plant
* Annual report
* Annual giving
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or
biennial
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In particular, it can refer to:
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*''
L. elongata''
*''
L. rediviva'',
perennial
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*''
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
raceme
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s of white or violet flowers in Spring and Summer, followed by prominent, translucent, disc-shaped seedpods, which are frequently seen in
flower arrangement
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s.
They are widely grown as
ornamental plant
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s in
garden
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s, and have become
naturalised
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in many
temperate
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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