Lunaria rediviva L.

Perennial honesty (en), Lunaire odorante (fr), Lunaire vivace (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Lunaria

Characteristics

Perennial honesty, money-plant, a perennial with the cauline lvs all petioled, and with frs 5–8 × 1.5–2.5 cm, acute at both ends, also occasionally escapes.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination autogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 5-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The shoots are cooked as a vegetable.
Uses environmental use
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lunaria rediviva habit picture by Noé Simler (cc-by-sa)
Lunaria rediviva habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Lunaria rediviva habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lunaria rediviva leaf picture by Yannick Bourgade (cc-by-sa)
Lunaria rediviva leaf picture by Bronagh Cobain (cc-by-sa)
Lunaria rediviva leaf picture by Balázs Heizler (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lunaria rediviva flower picture by Balázs Heizler (cc-by-sa)
Lunaria rediviva flower picture by Alexander Marx (cc-by-sa)
Lunaria rediviva flower picture by Alexander Marx (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lunaria rediviva fruit picture by Pekula CZ (cc-by-sa)
Lunaria rediviva fruit picture by Johan Niss (cc-by-sa)
Lunaria rediviva fruit picture by ugisbertz (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lunaria rediviva world distribution map, present in France and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286670-1
WFO ID wfo-0000362392
COL ID 72Q9Y
BDTFX ID 40153
INPN ID 106761
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lunaria rediviva Crucifera rediviva Lunaria alpina