Lunaria annua L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Honesty
🇫🇷 Lunaire annuelle, Monnaie-du-Pape, Herbe aux écus, Médaille de Judas

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Subfamily: Brassicoideae
Tribe: Biscutelleae
Genus: Lunaria
Species: Lunaria annua

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with L. rediviva L., 1753, which has flowers with a pale lilac corolla, and upper leaves with a long petiole (> 5 mm), while L. annua has flowers with a purple or white corolla, and either sessile upper leaves or upper leaves with a short petiole (≤ 5 mm).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

L. annua subsp. annua L., 1753, I;
L. annua subsp. pachyrrhiza (Borbás) Maire & Petitm., 1908.

Photographs

img/lunaria-annua.webp — *Lunaria annua*

img/lunaria-annua-2.webp — *Lunaria annua*

img/lunaria-annua-3.webp — *Lunaria annua*

img/lunaria-annua-4.webp — *Lunaria annua* - Lower cauline leaf

img/lunaria-annua-5.webp — *Lunaria annua* - Upper sessile cauline leaves

img/lunaria-annua-6.webp — *Lunaria annua* - Immature seed capsule

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 594). Biotope.