*Lunaria annua Linnaeus. Common name: Annual Honesty, Silver-dollar. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Escaped from cultivation around gardens, naturalizing in floodplains in suburban areas. Distribution: Native of se. Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA7, G, Il, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, Rollins (1993); = n/a — RAB, Tat; > Lunaria annua L. ssp. annua — K4. Basionym: Lunaria annua L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lunaria annua - FNA7
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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