Money Plant Aka Honesty Plant Translucent Seed Pods Royalty-Free Stock Image

Lunaria common name Money or Honesty is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to central and southern Europe and North America. It includes 4 species, the annual or biennial L. annua syn. L. biennis, Lunaria elongata, the perennial L. rediviva and the rare Balkan species Lunaria telekiana.The Latin name Lunaria means `moon-like` and refers to the decorative seedpods.These seed pods were photographed near the end of winter, after having endured a harsh Midwestern U.S. winter.They have hairy toothed leaves and terminal racemes of white or violet flowers in Spring and Summer, followed by prominent, translucent, disc-shaped seedpods, which are frequently seen in flower arrangements.They are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens, and have become naturalised in many temperate areas away from their native habitat.