North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

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Cakile edentula

Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook.

northeastern sea rocket

Image ID: 19643
Image by: Dakar, Jacob
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: CAED
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cakile edentula
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2016-12-30

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: CAKIL
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Cakile
GENUS AUTHORITY: Mill.
GENUS COMMON: Searocket
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 7-8 species, annual herbs, primarily of coastal North America, Europe, and North Africa.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: The siliques of Cakile are divided near their middle by an abscission zone into two halves, each with a single seed: the upper abscises and disperses by water or wind, the lower remains attached to the parent plant. The size of the two segments and the contour of the abscised surface remaining on the lower segment are important taxonomic characters.
GENUS REFERENCES: Rodman in FNA (2010); Rollins (1993)=Z; Rodman (1974)=Y; Al-Shehbaz (1985b)=X.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: BRASSI
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Brassicaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Burnett 1835 or CRUCIFERAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Mustard Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 340 genera and 3400 species, annuals, perennials, shrubs, and rarely trees and vines, of cosmopolitan distribution (but most diverse in the temperate Northern Hemisphere).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Al-Shehbaz in FNA (2010); Rollins (1993); Al-Shehbaz (1984, 1985a, 1985b, 1986, 1987, 1988a, 1988b); Appel & Al-Shehbaz in Kubitzki & Bayer (2003).

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DURATION: Annual, Biennial, Perennial
HABIT: Herb

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BLOOM TIME: May-Jun (-Oct).

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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
424	SOS	2015-08-05	Driskill	View
430	SOS	2015-08-12	Driskill	View
465	SOS	2015-08-27	Driskill	View
922	SOS	2017-07-25	Faucette	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: CAED
USDA Common Name: American Searocket
Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (N), SPM (N)
Distribution: USA (AK, AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, VA, WA, WI), CAN (BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
Duration: Annual, Biennial, Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACU	FACU	FACU		FACU			FACU	FACU	FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cakile edentula
COMMON NAME: Northeastern Sea Rocket
SYNONYMY: [= Pa, RAB, S, Va; = C. edentula var. edentula - C, F, G; = C. edentula ssp. edentula - GW; = C. edentula ssp. edentula var. edentula - FNA, K1, K2, X, Y, Z]
PHENOLOGY: May-Jun (-Oct).
HABITAT: Beaches, at or near the wrack line.
COMMENTS: NL (Labrador) south to NC; introduced in various other shores around the world, including w. North America and Australia. See C. harperi for discussion of the relation between these taxa.
RANGE MAP: Cakile edentula.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Brassicaceae Burnett 1835 or CRUCIFERAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Mustard Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 340 genera and 3400 species, annuals, perennials, shrubs, and rarely trees and vines, of cosmopolitan distribution (but most diverse in the temperate Northern Hemisphere).
REFERENCE: Al-Shehbaz in FNA (2010); Rollins (1993); Al-Shehbaz (1984, 1985a, 1985b, 1986, 1987, 1988a, 1988b); Appel & Al-Shehbaz in Kubitzki & Bayer (2003).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Cakile Mill. (Searocket)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 7-8 species, annual herbs, primarily of coastal North America, Europe, and North Africa.
REFERENCE: Rodman in FNA (2010); Rollins (1993)=Z; Rodman (1974)=Y; Al-Shehbaz (1985b)=X.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Cakile edentula in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Cakile edentula in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Cakile edentula in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Cakile edentula in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Cakile edentula in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Cakile edentula

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 19643 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 19643 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)