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Lunaria rediviva L.

Perennial Honesty

Brassicaceae

Taxonomy

Classification

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

Synonyms

Lunaria rediviva
Lunaria alpina

Related species

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

Traits


    30–150 cm tall. flowers: violet to whitish. fruits: silicles, pendulous, with a long stalk, elongate-oval, 30–90 mm long, 15–40 mm broad, acute, often with a mucronate beak, cross-section flattened. leaves: undivided. upper stem-leaves: stalked, at the base heart-sha...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Lunaria rediviva

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.


Distribution in Germany

Lunaria rediviva

Legend

Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Lunaria rediviva

Lunaria rediviva

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • forests, shrubbery, parks, gardens

  • in nutritious habitats

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