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Cakile lanceolata subsp. pseudoconstricta

Cakile lanceolata subsp. lanceolata
Photo is of parent taxon

coastal searocket
Photo is of parent taxon

coastal searocket
Habit Plants sprawling. Plants sprawling.
Leaves

blade margins deeply pinnatifid.

blade (ovate to lanceolate), margins usually sinuately or crenately lobed, rarely pinnatisect.
Fruits

(slenderly) lanceoloid, 15–24 mm, constricted at articulation, (weakly 4-angled or terete);

terminal segment less than 2 times length of proximal, apex acute.

(slenderly) lanceoloid, 19–31 mm, usually not constricted at articulation;

terminal segment at least 2 times length of proximal, apex acute to blunt, relatively long.
2n

= 18.

Cakile lanceolata subsp. pseudoconstricta

Cakile lanceolata subsp. lanceolata
Phenology Flowering year-round. Flowering year-round.
Habitat Coast-al strand Sandy beaches
Elevation ca. 0 m (ca. 0 ft) ca. 0 m (ca. 0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; TX; Mexico (Tamaulipas)
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
FL; West Indies [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies lanceolata in Texas and Mexico are suspected to be introduced from ballast and naturalized locally, sometimes occurring with Cakile geniculata.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 426. FNA vol. 7, p. 426.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Brassiceae > Cakile > Cakile lanceolata Brassicaceae > tribe Brassiceae > Cakile > Cakile lanceolata
Sibling taxa
C. lanceolata subsp. fusiformis, C. lanceolata subsp. lanceolata
C. lanceolata subsp. fusiformis, C. lanceolata subsp. pseudoconstricta
Synonyms C. aequalis, C. cubensis, C. maritima var. cubensis
Name authority Rodman: Contr. Gray Herb. 205: 116, plate 1. (1974) unknown
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