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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cakile harperi   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cakile edentula ssp. harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cakile edentula ssp. harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-08-001:

Cakile harperi   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cakile harperi

 

COMMON NAME:
Southeastern Sea Rocket, Harper's Searocket


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image of Cakile harperi, Southeastern Sea Rocket, Harper's Searocket

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February    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

Smooth, fleshy, freely branched, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cakile harperi   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-08-001:
Cakile harperi   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cakile harperi

 

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1927

Forb
Annual/Fortuitous perennial

Habitat: beaches, at or near the wrack line, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink/Whitish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Silique

 

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