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Brassicaceae

Perennial honesty

Lunaria rediviva L.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Lunaria

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Perennial honesty (Lunaria rediviva)
FlowerPhoto: Andrey Sdobnikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (21)
Arabic
قمرية معمرة
arz
لوناريا ريديفيفا
Belarusian
Луннік ажываючы
Bulgarian
Многогодишна лопатка
Croatian
Ružičasta mjesečnica
Czech
Měsíčnice vytrvalá
Dutch
Wilde judaspenning, Vaste judaspenning
English
Perennial honesty
Estonian
Mets-kuukress
Finnish
Ikikuuruoho
French
Lunaire vivace
German
Ausdauerndes Silberblatt, Wildes Silberblatt
hsb
Dołhe slěborniki
Hungarian
Erdei holdviola
Lithuanian
Daugiametė blizgė
Polish
Miesiącznica trwała, Miesięcznica trwała
Russian
Лунник оживающий
Slovak
Mesačnica trváca
Slovenian
Trpežna srebrenka
Swedish
Månviol
Ukrainian
Місячниця оживаюча

Synonyms

  • Crucifera rediviva (L.) E.H.L.Krause
  • Lunaria alpina J.P.Bergeret

Flowers

In flower
April to June (from 1,907 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.