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, 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

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retuse +, blunt +  and acute +
James E. Rodman +
(Bigelow) Hooker +
Bunias edentula +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
not rosulate +
not +  and auriculate +
dissected +, repand +, sinuate +, crenate +  and dentate +
ovate;spatulate or oblanceolate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
sessile +  and petiolate +
well-developed +
not distinct +
differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
North America +, in e Asia (Japan) +  and Australia +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
actinomorphic +
white;lavender +
ovate +  and oblong +
indehiscent +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.9 cm29 mm <br />0.029 m <br />) +
4-angled +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
spatulate +  and ovate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
dentate +  and entire +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
white +  and pale lavender +
4.6mm;9.7mm +
rudimentary +
cruciform +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
not geniculate +
stout +  and slender +
not distinguishable +
flattened +  and rounded +
mucilaginous +
uniseriate +  and aseriate +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
oblong +  and flattened +
8-ribbed +, 4-angled +, terete +, horned +, hastate +, lanceoloid +, fusiform +, oblong +  and obovoid +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
oblong +  and ovate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
perforated +  and complete +
reduced +
terete +  and segmented +
terete +  and segmented +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
tetradynamous +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
2-lobed +  and entire +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
Cruciferae +
Cakile edentula subsp. edentula +
Cakile edentula +
subspecies +
12mm +  and 26mm +
4-angled +  and turbinate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
scale-like +  and forked +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
not distinguishable +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
anastomosing +
perennial +  and annual +
glabrous +, pubescent +  and , +
rhizomatous +, taprooted +, scapose +  and not +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
subshrub +  and herb +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +