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.
Occurrence data from GBIF[1]
Synonyms[2]
Synonyms Bunias americana Raf. Bunias cakile L. Bunias littoralis Salisb. Bunias ovalis Viv. Cakile aegyptia (L.) Spreng. Cakile aegyptiaca Willd. Cakile bauhini Jord. Cakile cakile (L.) H.Karst. Cakile crenata Jord. Cakile cyrenaica Spreng. Cakile edentula Jord. Cakile hispanica L'Hér. ex DC. Cakile hispanica Jord. Cakile latifolia (Desf.) Poir. Cakile littoralis Jord. Cakile monosperma Lange Cakile pinnatifida Stokes Cakile serapionis Gaertn. Cakile sinuatifolia Stokes Crucifera cakile (L.) E.H.L.Krause Isatis aegyptia L. Isatis pinnata Forssk. Rapistrum cakile (L.) Crantz Rapistrum maritimum (Scop.) Bergeret

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.