Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Brassicaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Bushy-branched, 1–8 dm; lvs spatulate and sinuately toothed, varying to pinnatilobate or subentire; fls pale purple to white, 5 mm wide; pedicels at maturity indurate, 2–8 mm; lower joint of fr turbinate-cylindric, 5–12 mm, or sterile and much-reduced, the upper joint 4- angled or obscurely 8-angled, always evidently larger than the lower, with a somewhat flattened beak, and conspicuously narrowed below to the articulation; 2n=18. Coastal sands; Atlantic coast from s. Lab. to N.C., and along the shores of the Great Lakes; intr. on the Pacific coast and in Australia. Maritime plants and some of these from the Great Lakes (especially about the s. end of Lake Michigan) have the upper segment of the fr plump, 5–9 mm wide, and short-beaked, the beak shorter than the seed-bearing part; these are var. edentula. Most of the plants from the Great Lakes have the upper segment of the fr slender, 3–5 mm wide, and long-beaked, the beak as long as or longer than the seed-bearing part; these are var. lacustris Fernald.
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Common Names
bushy-branched