General:
Annual or biennial from a taproot; stems 0.5-1.0 cm tall, freely branched, hairy.
Leaves:
Stem leaves heart-shaped, coarsely toothed, 4-10 cm long, stalked, unstalked to short-stalked and clasping above, hairy.
Flowers:
In loose racemes, scentless; petals bluish-purple, about 2 cm long.
Fruits:
Silicles, oblong-oval, strongly compressed, 3.5-4.5 cm long, about 2/3 as wide; flower stalks slender, 7-12 mm long; beaks 6-8 mm long; seeds 3-5 per chamber, 7-9 mm wide, winged.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Lunaria biennis Moench
Lunaria inodora Lamarck