Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Lunaria rediviva Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Capparales Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Lunaria Species: rediviva Binomial name Lunaria 'rediviva' Perennial Honesty, (Lunaria rediviva) is a tall (height about 1 m), hairy-stemmed perennial found throughout Europe in damp woods, and on lime. It has large, pointed oval leaves with marked serrations. The common name "Honesty" arose in the sixteenth century, and it may be due to the translucent seed-pods which are like flattened pea-pods and borne on the plant through winter. See also biennial honesty (Lunaria biennis). This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.