Cakile maritima

Cakile maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Cakile
Species:	C. maritima
Binomial name
Cakile maritima Scop.
Subspecies[1]
Cakile maritima subsp. baltica (Jord.) Hyl. ex P.W.Ball Cakile maritima subsp. euxina (Pobed.) Nyár. Cakile maritima subsp. integrifolia (Hornem.) Hyl. ex Greuter & Burdet Cakile maritima subsp. maritima
Occurrence data from GBIF[2]
Synonyms[1]
Species Bunias cakile L. Cakile cakile (L.) H.Karst., not validly publ. Crucifera cakile (L.) E.H.L.Krause Rapistrum cakile (L.) Crantz Rapistrum maritimum (Scop.) Bergeret, nom. superfl. subsp. baltica Cakile baltica Jord. Cakile maritima var. baltica (Jord.) Paol. Cakile maritima proles baltica (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud subsp. euxina Cakile euxina Pobed. Cakile maritima var. bipinnata O.E.Schulz subsp. integrifolia Cakile maritima var. edentula P.Fourn., nom. illeg. Cakile maritima var. integrifolia Hornem. subsp. maritima Brassica ovalis (Viv.) B.D.Jacks. Bunias americana Raf. Bunias littoralis Salisb. Bunias ovalis Viv. Cakile aegyptia (L.) Spreng. Cakile aegyptia var. australis (Coss.) Maire Cakile aegyptia var. hispanica (Jord.) Maire Cakile aegyptia var. latifolia (Desf.) Maire Cakile aegyptia var. littoralis (Jord.) Maire Cakile aegyptia var. susica (Maire, Weiller & Wilczek) Maire Cakile aegyptiaca Willd., nom. superfl. Cakile aegyptica (L.) Maire & Weiller Cakile aegyptica var. australis (Coss.) Maire Cakile aegyptica var. edentula (Loret) Maire Cakile aegyptica var. hispanica (Jord.) Maire Cakile aegyptica var. latifolia (Desf.) Maire Cakile aegyptica var. susica (Maire, Weiller & Wilczek) Maire Cakile bauhini Jord. Cakile crenata Jord. Cakile cyrenaica Spreng. Cakile edentula Jord., nom. illeg. Cakile hispanica L'Hér. ex DC., pro syn. Cakile hispanica Jord. Cakile latifolia (Desf.) Poir. Cakile littoralis Jord. Cakile maritima var. aegyptia (L.) Delile Cakile maritima subsp. aegyptia (L.) Nyman Cakile maritima subsp. aegyptiaca (Willd.) Nyman Cakile maritima var. aegyptiaca (Willd.) P.Fourn. Cakile maritima proles aegyptiaca (Willd.) Rouy & Foucaud Cakile maritima var. amblycarpa O.E.Schulz Cakile maritima var. auriculata Post Cakile maritima var. australis Coss. Cakile maritima var. edentula Loret Cakile maritima proles edentula (Loret) Rouy & Foucaud Cakile maritima proles hispanica (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud Cakile maritima var. hispanica (Jord.) Rouy Cakile maritima var. integrifolia Boiss., nom. illeg. Cakile maritima var. laciniata Hallier Cakile maritima var. latifolia Desf. Cakile maritima subsp. latifolia (Desf.) Arcang. Cakile maritima var. littoralis (Jord.) P.Fourn. Cakile maritima var. littoralis (Jord.) Coss. Cakile maritima proles littoralis (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud Cakile maritima var. monosperma (Lange) O.E.Schulz Cakile maritima var. oxycarpa O.E.Schulz Cakile maritima var. pandataria N.Terracc. Cakile maritima f. pandataria (N.Terracc.) O.E.Schulz Cakile maritima var. pennatifida Paol., nom. illeg. Cakile maritima var. pinnatifida Delile Cakile maritima f. pygmaea O.E.Schulz Cakile maritima var. sessiliflora O.E.Schulz Cakile maritima var. sinuatifolia (Stokes) DC. Cakile maritima var. susica Maire, Weiller & Wilczek Cakile monosperma Lange Cakile pinnatifida Stokes Cakile serapionis Gaertn. Cakile sinuatifolia Stokes Isatis aegyptia L. Isatis pinnata Forssk.

Cakile maritima, sea rocket (Britain and Ireland)^[3] or European searocket (North America), is a common plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It is widespread in Europe, North Africa and western Asia, especially on coastlines. It can now be found in many other areas of the world where it has been introduced. It is present on the west and east coasts of North America, where it has the potential to become an invasive species.^{[not verified in body]} This is an annual plant which grows in clumps or mounds in the sand on beaches and bluffs. The shiny leaves are fleshy, green and tinted with purple or magenta, and long-lobed. It has white to light purple flowers and sculpted, segmented, corky brown fruits one to three centimetres long. The fruits float and are water-dispersed.