Small plant only about a foot tall under a thick shrub. It has purple flowers that have four petals and a lighter purple or whitish center, but the color change is gradual not distinct. The very center of the flower is yellow. The leaves are heart-shaped and dentated. The stems are fuzzy. While this plant was near several houses it did not seem taken care for or purposefully planted.
Unable to find it in the plants of the pacific northwest book, this flower was very common. It was about 1-2 feet tall, with green leaves that make a sort of heart shape, ending in a point at the tip. Near the top half of the plant the flowers begin to appear, four petaled and purple, that fade into almost a sort of blue near the center. They cluster at the top, with many flowers present on each plant.
Annual Honesty (Lunaria annua) is a tall (height about 1 m), hairy-stemmed biennial plant native to the Balkans and south west Asia, and naturalized throughout Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. It has large, pointed oval leaves with marked serrations. The common name "Honesty" arose in the 16th century, and it may be due to the translucent seed-pods which are like flattened pea-pods and borne on the plant through winter. In South-East Asia and elsewhere,...
