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[Koen G]

Thanks, Michele, that's a cool quote. I guess it's also logical that the name lunaria is used in alchemy in order to facilitate the "moon, silver, Monday..." network of meaning. 

Regarding the Judas connection, it seems to have arisen at least in the Germanic world and in French. If this happened independently it is probably a bit like Marco says that there are conceptual reasons to connect Judas to the plant. If it did not happen independently, there may be some source or work that spread the name.