Lunaria
Genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family
title: "Lunaria" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["brassicaceae", "brassicaceae-genera", "garden-plants", "flora-of-europe", "plants-described-in-1753", "botanical-taxa-named-by-carl-linnaeus"] description: "Genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family" topic_path: "general/brassicaceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunaria" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family ::
|image = Lunaria annua flowers.jpg |image_caption = L. annua |taxon = Lunaria |authority = L. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = Lunaria annua - annual honesty
Lunaria rediviva - perennial honesty
Lunaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to Europe and has been introduced to North America and elsewhere. Species include:
- L. annua (syn. L. biennis), annual or biennial
- L. rediviva, perennial
- 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 naturalised in many 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
References
References
- (22 April 2023). "Lunaria Tourn. ex L.".
- (2008). "RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants". Dorling Kindersley.
- Coombes, Allen J.. (2012). "The A to Z of plant names". Timber Press.
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