| 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 (true), 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, Fall interest, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Obovate, Ovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Purple, May |
| Fruit: | Silicle, Brown, Silver, Jun-Jul, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, blades ovate, 6-18cm long x 3-15cm wide, base cordate, margin dentate; flowers with four large white petals followed with large; siliques tan coloured, flattened, oval-shaped, 3-4cm long x 2-3cm wide, apex with ~ 6mm spine, pedicel 3-4cm long and jointed near centre, tan, seeds 4-6, flat, circular, dark brown. | |