Lunaria annua, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 296

3. L. annua L. , Sp. Pl. 653 (1753)

(L. biennis Moench). Biennial up to 100 cm. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely and irregularly dentate, the upper sessile or subsessile. Petals 15-25 mm, reddish-purple, rarely white. Silicula 20-70 x(10-) 15-35 mm, oblong-elliptical to suborbicular, rounded at base and apex; carpophore (3-)5-20m m; style 4-8 mm. • Native only in S.E. Europe and possibly Italy, but commonly naturalized or casual elsewhere in Europe. Al Bu Cr G r It Ju Rm [Au Be Br Co G a Ge He Ho Hs H u Lu No Po Su].

Frequently cultivated for ornament, particularly for the white, shining, persistent septum of the silicula.