Lunaria
| Lunaria | |
|---|---|
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| Perennial honesty L. rediviva | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Lunaria L. |
| Species | |
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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. It includes 4 species, the annual or biennial L. annua (syn. L. biennis), Lunaria elongata, the perennial L. rediviva and the rare Balkan species Lunaria telekiana[1]
The Latin name Lunaria means "moon-like" and refers to the 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.
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