Cakile lanceolata subsp. fusiformis

(Greene) Rodman

Contr. Gray Herb. 205: 114. 1974.

Basionym: Cakile fusiformis Greene Pittonia 3: 346. 1898
Synonyms: Cakile chapmanii Millspaugh
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 426. Mentioned on page 427.

Plants sometimes sprawling. Leaves: blade (ovate), margins entire or pinnatifid. Fruits (oval in cross-section) fusiform, 16–25 mm, not constricted at articulation, (4- or 8-sulcate or striate); terminal segment less than 2 times length of proximal, apex tapering abruptly, acute. 2n = 18.


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

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, Central America.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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