E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Lunaria annua L.
honesty (annual honesty; money plant; silver dollar)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Exotic	SNA	Exotic	Not Listed

BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer.

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