Lunaria annua |
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annual honesty, annual moonwort, bolbonac, honesty, money-plant, moonwort, penny-flower, satin flower, silver dollar plant, silver-dollar |
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Habit | Plants sparsely to densely hispid, glabrous, or glabrate. |
Stems | (3–)4–10(–12) dm, pubescent or, rarely, glabrate. |
Basal leaves | petiole (1.5–)3–10(–17) cm; blade broadly cordate to narrowly cordate-ovate, (1.5–)3–12(–18) × (1–)2–8(–12) cm, base cordate, often pubescent. |
Cauline leaves | similar to basal, petiole shorter (distal sessile); blade (proximal opposite, distal alternate), smaller distally. |
Flowers | sepals (5–)6–9(–10) × 1–2 mm; petals (15–)17–25(–30) × 5–10 mm, claw 5–10 mm; filaments 5–8 mm; anthers oblong, 2–3 mm; gynophore relatively slender, 7–18 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (7–)10–15 mm, glabrous or pubescent. |
Fruits | 3–4.5(–5) × 2–3(–3.5) cm, strongly latiseptate; valves each rounded basally and apically; replum glabrous or sparsely ciliate; style 4–10 mm. |
Seeds | grayish brown, (6–)7–10(–12) × 5–9 mm. |
2n | = 30. |
Lunaria annua |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Roadsides, waste grounds, railroad embankments, thickets, woods, pasture margins |
Elevation | 0-1000 m [0-3300 ft] |
Distribution |
CA; CT; DE; ID; IN; KY; MA; MD; MI; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; UT; VT; WA; BC; MB; NS; ON; QC; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Argentina)]
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Discussion | Lunaria annua is cultivated for its attractive flowers but especially for the infructescences, which are used in dry bouquets after removal of the fruit valves and seeds. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 597. |
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Synonyms | L. biennis, L. inodora |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 653. (1753) |
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