Scientific Name: Lunaria annua
Common Name: silver dollar plant, money plant
Family Name: Brassicaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Annual, Biennial, Weed (horticultural)
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Pyramidal - narrowly
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Dried flower or fruit, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Obovate, Dentate
Flowers: Raceme, White, Purple, May
Fruit: Silicle, Brown, Silver, Jun-Jul, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Flowers with four large white petals followed with large, flatened oval-shaped fruit.