Lunaria annua L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Brassicaceae

• Scientific Name

  Lunaria annua L.

• Description

  Species Description - Annual to 1 m; cauline lvs short-petioled or sessile; fls 2 cm wide; frs broadly elliptic, rounded at both ends, 3.5–5 cm, two-thirds as wide; 2n=30. Native of se. Europe, occasionally escaped from cult. May, June.

• Common Names

  honesty