Lunaria annua
Annual Honesty, Honesty
Also known as: Lunaria annua f. annua +1 more
- Lunaria annua f. annua
- Lunaria corcyrea (DC.) Borbás
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Brassicaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a biennial.
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Lunaria annua (commonly known as Annual Honesty or Honesty) is a biennial belonging to the Brassicaceae family. Found natively in Europe, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Biennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
EUROPE
Regions (WGSRPD)
Middle Europe, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Albania, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Alabama, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Central European Russia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Ireland, Japan, Kentucky, Madeira, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Sweden, Tasmania, Tennessee, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Washington
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms