Annual honesty / Money plant
Lunaria annua L. [Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)]
Goudasou (ゴウダソウ, 合田草)
Life form: hairy-stemmed biennial plant
Distribution: native to the Balkans and south west Asia (exotic to Japan)
Habitat: disturbed sites, escaped from gardening (in Japan)
Lunaria annua in Hokkaido
[Left] a shoot. [Center] close-up of the base of a leaf. [Right] close-up of a flower. At N20/W5, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 26 2011.