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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lunaria annua
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lunaria annua
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Money Plant, Annual Honesty, Silver-dollar Plant
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JK Marlow jkm120328_113
March Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120328_118
March Pickens County SC
Leaves cordate-based, triangular, and with coarse teeth, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120328_121
March Pickens County SC
Petals 4, usually purple or lavender, obovate, much longer than sepals, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120328_124b
March Pickens County SC
Sepals cucullate [hood-like], two linear and two broadly oblong-elliptic, per Flora of North America.
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Gill Newberry gn04_lunaria_annua
April
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Gill Newberry gn04_lunaria_flowers
April
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JK Marlow jkm150605_134
June Watauga County NC
Glen Burnie Trail
Siliques unsegmented, 2cm+ wide, broadly rounded at both ends when mature, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm150605_136
June Watauga County NC
Glen Burnie Trail
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Marian StClair msc_3503
September Greenville County SC
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Marian StClair msc_3505
September Greenville County SC
Called Money Plant because of the silvery septum left after fruit matures, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.