Cakile edentula subsp. harperi

(Small) Rodman

Contr. Gray Herb. 205: 125. 1974.

Endemic
Basionym: Cakile harperi Small Fl. S.E. U.S., 478, 1331. 1903
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 428.

Leaf-blades ovate or spatulate, margins sinuate, fleshy. Flowers: petals rarely aborted. Fruits (cylindrical), 8-ribbed, 20–29 × 5–9 mm; terminal segment cylindrical, (beak sometimes flattened, blunt), apex usually retuse. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Oct.
Habitat: Sandy beaches
Elevation: ca. 0 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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James E. Rodman +
(Small) Rodman +
Cakile harperi +
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 +
Fla. +, Ga. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
ca. 0 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
actinomorphic +
white;lavender +
ovate +  and oblong +
indehiscent +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.9 cm29 mm <br />0.029 m <br />) +
cylindrical +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Sandy beaches +
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 />) +
Flowering Mar–Oct. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
Contr. Gray Herb. +
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 +
tetradynamous +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
2-lobed +  and entire +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
Cruciferae +
Cakile edentula subsp. harperi +
Cakile edentula +
subspecies +
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 +