Cakile

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Brassicaceae

• Scientific Name

  Cakile Mill.

• Description

  Genus Description - Pet obovate, pink or purplish to white; short stamens subtended by a minute gland, long stamens separated by a larger gland; anthers ovate-oblong; ovary cylindric, with imperfect septum; ovules 2–4; style not differentiated; stigma truncate; fr indehiscent, corky when dry, transversely divided into 2 dissimilar joints, the lower persistent, 1-seeded or seedless, the upper eventually deciduous, fertile, usually 1-seeded, ovoid or lance-ovoid, 2- or 4-angled or ± 8-angled (2 sutures, and 3 nerves for each valve); seed suspended in the lower joint, erect in the upper; coarse, succulent annuals of coastal sands, much-branched, with spreading or ascending stems and oblanceolate to obovate, dentate to pinnatifid lvs. 7, widespread.

• Common Names

  sea-rocket