Cakile lanceolata subsp. lanceolata

Synonyms: Cakile aequalis L’Heritier ex de Candolle Cakile cubensis Kunth Cakile maritima var. cubensis (de Candolle) Chapman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 426.

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


Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Sandy beaches
Elevation: ca. 0 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., West Indies.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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