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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae}}
{{For-multi|the astrological genre|Lunary|the asteroid|1067 Lunaria|the 2021 Japanese video game|Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Lunaria annua flowers.jpg
|image_caption = ''L. annua''
|taxon = Lunaria
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = ''[[Lunaria annua]]'' - annual honesty<br />
''[[Lunaria rediviva]]'' - perennial honesty<br />
''[[Lunaria telekiana]]''
}}
'''''Lunaria''''' is a [[genus]] of flowering plants in the family [[Brassicaceae]]. It is [[native plant|native]] to Europe and has been [[Introduced plant|introduced]] to North America and elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite POWO|title = Lunaria Tourn. ex L.| id = 12755-1|date = 22 April 2023}}</ref> Species include:
*''[[Lunaria annua|L. annua]]'' ([[synonym (taxonomy)|syn.]] ''L. biennis''), [[annual plant|annual]] or [[biennial plant|biennial]]
*''[[Lunaria rediviva|L. rediviva]]'', [[perennial plant|perennial]]
*''[[Lunaria telekiana|L. telekiana]]''. rare Balkan species<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1-4053-3296-5|pages=1136}}</ref>
The Latin name ''Lunaria'' means "moon-like" and refers to the plants' decorative seedpods.<ref name=AZPLA>{{cite book|last=Coombes|first=Allen J.|title=The A to Z of plant names|year=2012|publisher=Timber Press|location=USA|isbn=978-1-60469-196-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781604691962/page/197 197]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781604691962/page/197|oclc=741564356}}</ref>
They have hairy toothed leaves and terminal [[raceme]]s of white or violet flowers in Spring and Summer, followed by prominent, translucent, disc-shaped seedpods, which are frequently seen in [[flower arrangement]]s.<ref name=RHSAZ />
They are widely grown as [[ornamental plant]]s in [[garden]]s, and have become [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] in many [[temperateness|temperate]] areas away from their native habitat.
==Gallery==
<gallery mode=tradtional>
Lunaria annua, seeds.jpg|''L. annua'', with seeds
Lunaria annua, without seeds.jpg|''L. annua'', without seeds
Lunaria annua seeds J3.JPG|''L. annua'', unripe seedpod in July
Lunaria annua detail.jpg|Detail of flower,<br />''L. annua''
Lunaria_annua_chile.JPG|White-flowered form,<br />''L. annua''
Lunaria annua storage roots.jpg|Storage roots at the end of first growth period,<br />''L. annua''
Lunaria rediviva 251202.jpg|''L. rediviva''
Lunaria rediviva 2015-06-01 OB 122.jpg|''L. rediviva''
Lunaria rediviva 2015-06-01 OB 120.jpg|''L. rediviva''
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Money plant]]
==References==
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[[Category:Brassicaceae]]
[[Category:Brassicaceae genera]]
[[Category:Garden plants]]