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Annuals Dictionary: Lunaria

March 12, 2010 By: Annuals Dictionary Category: Annuals Dictionary

Mustard family
Cruciferae
Loo-nay’ri-a. Two Eurasian herbs cultivated for the satiny, parchmentlike divisions of their pods, used in dried bouquets.

Description
Leaves usually alternate, ovalish, and stalked. Flowers violet-purple or white, in a showy terminal raceme. Petals 4, long-clawed.

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