Flora of North America species comparison

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Cakile geniculata

gulf searocket
Habit Annuals.
Stems

erect, (sometimes suffrutescent, much-branched), to 10 dm.
Cauline leaves

blade broadly ovate or spatulate, margins sinuate, dentate, or pinnately lobed.
Racemes

1–2 dm;

rachis geniculate.
Flowers

sepals 3–4 mm, lateral pair not saccate basally;

petals white to pale lavender, 4–6.1 × 1.2–1.9 mm, claw distinct.
Fruiting pedicels

(rachis of equal width), 2–5 mm, (widely spaced).
Fruits

(8-ribbed), lanceoloid, 20–27 × 3–5 mm;

proximal segment terete, (6–11 mm);

terminal segment slenderly conical, (13–18 mm), apex acute to blunt, (often slightly curved).
Seeds

cotyledons accumbent to obliquely incumbent.
2n

= 18.

Cakile geniculata
Phenology Flowering year-round (peak Mar–Aug).
Habitat Sandy beaches
Elevation ca. 0 m (ca. 0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
LA; TX; Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 426.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Brassiceae > Cakile
Sibling taxa
C. constricta, C. edentula, C. lanceolata, C. maritima
Synonyms C. maritima var. geniculata, C. lanceolata var. geniculata
Name authority (B. L. Robinson) Millspaugh: Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 126. (1900)
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