Lunaria annua

ClassificationDicots
FamilyBrassicaceae
Family (Traditional)Brassicaceae
GenusLunaria
Species:Lunaria annua L.
Common NameSilver Dollar; Annual Honesty
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Annual; Duration: Biennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: Purple; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 13+; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 4; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 4; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 6
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Lunaria biennis Lunaria biennis

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bracken (KY), Campbell (KY), Christian (KY), Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Logan (KY), Madison (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Warren (KY), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Davidson (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamilton (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Moore (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Trousdale (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 2012

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
BEREA010764 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Lunaria annua
APSC0089568 Logan Kentucky 01 May 2004
APSC
Lunaria annua
APSC0020782 Christian Kentucky 29 Apr 1970
APSC
Lunaria annua
APSC0056447 Sevier Tennessee
APSC
Lunaria annua
APSC0099777 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Lunaria annua
UCHT026025 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
31234100343399 Pulaski Kentucky 12 Apr 1997 Christi Loveless
23
EKY
Lunaria annua
31234100782471 Garrard Kentucky
EKY
Lunaria annua
31234100343324 Kentucky 26 Apr 1993 Judith Rozeman
213
EKY
Lunaria annua
31234100343340 Jefferson Kentucky 19 Apr 2006 Patricia D. Haragan
775
EKY
Lunaria annua
31234100343373 Jefferson Kentucky 14 Apr 2006 Patricia D. Haragan
791
EKY
Lunaria annua
BEREA010769 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lunaria annua
31973000007611 Campbell Kentucky 07 May 1980 Thieret, John
51238
KNK
Lunaria annua
TENN-V-0106934 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lunaria annua
TENN-V-0106935 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lunaria annua
TENN-V-0106933 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Lunaria annua
UCHT013571 Sevier Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
UCHT013569 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
UCHT013566 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
UCHT013570 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
MTSU015737 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Apr 2009 Eric Kingsley
39
MTSU
Lunaria annua
31234100343316 Fayette Kentucky 28 Apr 2000 Lance Watt
29
EKY
Lunaria annua
BEREA010765 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lunaria annua
31973000007610 Campbell Kentucky 07 May 1980 Thieret, John
51238
KNK
Lunaria annua
TENN-V-0106936 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Lunaria annua
UCHT013575 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
UCHT013572 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
UCHT013574 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
APSC0020781 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lunaria annua
BEREA010768 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lunaria annua
BEREA010770 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lunaria annua
N/A Carter Tennessee 31 Mar 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Lunaria annua
TENN-V-0106937 Moore Tennessee
TENN
Lunaria annua
TENN-V-0106938 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Lunaria annua
TENN-V-0106939 Trousdale Tennessee
TENN
Lunaria annua
UOS01924 Franklin Tennessee 29 Apr 2007 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Lunaria annua
31234100343365 Jefferson Kentucky 14 Apr 2006 Patricia D. Haragan
791
EKY
Lunaria annua
31234100343332 Garrard Kentucky 24 Apr 1999 L. Scott Harp
31
EKY
Lunaria annua
31234100343431 Rockcastle Kentucky 19 Apr 2005 Kelly L. Byrd
5
EKY
Lunaria annua
31973000007608 Bracken Kentucky 03 May 1983 Buddell, George
905
KNK
Lunaria annua
UCHT013568 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
MTSU015739 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 1985 Angela A. Chuchola
48
MTSU
Lunaria annua
31234100343357 Jefferson Kentucky 12 Apr 2010 Patricia D. Haragan
108
EKY
Lunaria annua
31234100343423 Madison Kentucky 19 Apr 1993 Timothy J. Weckman, Randy L. Mears
74
EKY
Lunaria annua
TENN-V-0106940 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Lunaria annua
UCHT013567 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
MTSU015736 Maury Tennessee 15 Apr 2007 Jill Price
MTSU
Lunaria annua
UOS01923 Franklin Tennessee 21 Apr 2009 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Lunaria annua
BEREA010767 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lunaria annua
TENN-V-0106932 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Lunaria annua
UCHT013577 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
UCHT013565 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
UCHT013573 Sevier Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
HTTU005895 White Tennessee
HTTU
Lunaria annua
HTTU034281 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Lunaria annua
UCHT026026 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lunaria annua
ETSU014543 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Lunaria annua
31234100343381 Madison Kentucky 28 Apr 2009 Jacob Wigginton
9
EKY
Lunaria annua
31234100343407 Laurel Kentucky 23 Apr 1994 Kim Kipp
22
EKY
Lunaria annua
31234100343415 Madison Kentucky 22 May 1995 A. D. Wireman, Bobby L. Cox
95-1
EKY
Lunaria annua
BEREA010766 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lunaria annua
31973000007609 Campbell Kentucky 09 May 1980 Buddell, George
82
KNK
Lunaria annua
APSC0089569 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Lunaria annua
UOS01925 Franklin Tennessee 27 May 1968 McRae
UOS
Lunaria annua
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