Lunaria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Tribus: Biscutelleae
Genus: Lunaria
Species: L. annua – L. rediviva – L. telekiana
Name

Lunaria Tourn. ex L. Sp. Pl. 2: 653 (1753).

Type species: Lunaria rediviva L. Sp. Pl. 2: 653 (1753).

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 653. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Lunaria in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr. 29.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Lunaria. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 3 2017.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Lunaria in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 3.
Özüdoğru, B., Akaydın, G., Erik, S., Al-Shehbaz, I.A. & Mummenhoff, K. 2015. Phylogeny, diversification and biogeographic implications of the eastern Mediterranean endemic genus Ricotia (Brassicaceae). Taxon 64(4): 727–740. DOI: 10.12705/644.5 ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Lunaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Feb. 2017.

Vernacular names
català: Lunària
čeština: Měsíčnice
Deutsch: Silberblätter
English: Honesty
Esperanto: Lunario
eesti: Kuukress
suomi: Kuuruohot
français: Lunaire
Gaeilge: Sailchuach na gealaí
magyar: Holdviola
lietuvių: Blizgė
Nederlands: Judaspenning
polski: Miesiącznica
русский: Лунник
slovenčina: Mesačnica
svenska: Månvioler
українська: Місячниця

Lunaria, common names honesty, dollar plant, money-in-both-pockets, money plant, moneywort, moonwort, and silver dollar;[1][2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to central and southern Europe and North America. Species include:

L. annua (syn. L. biennis), annual or biennial
L. elongata[2]
L. rediviva, perennial
L. telekiana. rare Balkan species[3]

The Latin name Lunaria means "moon-like" and refers to the plants' decorative seedpods.[4]

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.[3]

They are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens, and have become naturalised in many temperate areas away from their native habitat.

See also

Money plant

References

"Lunaria annua". North Carolina State Extension. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
Todd, Jamie. "Plant 235 - Lunaria annua L. (Brassicaceae) - Honesty". Plants 400. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 March 2022. "There are plenty of common names, many referring to money such as money plant, moneywort, penny flower, silver dollar and money-in-both-pockets
The genus Lunaria contains only four species, the other three being the rare Lunaria telekiana, endemic to the Prokletije Mountains in the Balkans, Lunaria elongata and the perennial Lunaria redivivia.."
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.