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Lunaria annua L.

Honesty

Brassicaceae

Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Genus: Lunaria (Honesty)

Synonyms

Lunaria annua
Lunaria biennis

Related species

Lunaria rediviva L. - Perennial Honesty
Lunaria annua L. - Honesty

Traits


    30&#8211;100&#8239;cm tall. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> <ba>violet to whitish</ba>, <b>violet to whitish</b>. <span class="v1">fruits:</span> silicles, pendulous, with a long stalk, <ba><b>rounded to short-oval</b></ba>, <b>30&#8211;70&#8239;mm long</b>, <b>30&#...

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Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Lunaria annua

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Ecology

Lunaria annua

Lunaria annua

Status

  • naturalized neophyte

Habitat

  • perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery, ruderal vegetation, parks, gardens

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