Cakile edentula subsp. edentula

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 428.

Leaf blades ovate or spatulate, margins sinuate. Flowers: petals sometimes aborted or reduced to bristles. Fruits 4-angled; terminal segment turbinate or 4-angled, 12–26 × 3–9 mm, apex usually acute or blunt, rarely retuse.

Distribution

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North America, introduced in e Asia (Japan), Australia.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

Key

1 Fruits: terminal segment turbinate, 5-9 mm wide, apex relatively short Cakile edentula var. edentula
1 Fruits: terminal segment 4-angled, 3-5 mm wide, apex relatively long Cakile edentula var. lacustris