Cakile geniculata

(B. L. Robinson) Millspaugh

Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 126. 1900.

Basionym: Cakile maritima var. geniculata B. L. Robinson in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1,1): 132. 1895
Synonyms: Cakile lanceolata var. geniculata (B. L. Robinson) Shinners
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 426. Mentioned on page 425.

Annuals. Stems erect, (sometimes suffrutescent, much-branched), to 10 dm. Cauline leaves: blade broadly ovate or spatulate, margins sinuate, dentate, or pinnately lobed. Racemes: 1–2 dm; rachis geniculate. Fruiting pedicels (rachis of equal width), 2–5 mm, (widely spaced). Flowers: sepals 3–4 mm, lateral pair not saccate basally; petals white to pale lavender, 4–6.1 × 1.2–1.9 mm, claw distinct. Fruits (8-ribbed), lanceoloid, 20–27 × 3–5 mm; proximal segment terete, (6–11 mm); terminal segment slenderly conical, (13–18 mm), apex acute to blunt, (often slightly curved). Seeds: cotyledons accumbent to obliquely incumbent. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering year-round (peak Mar–Aug).
Habitat: Sandy beaches
Elevation: ca. 0 m

Distribution

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La., Tex., Mexico (Tamaulipas), Mexico (Veracruz)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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acute +  and blunt +
James E. Rodman +
(B. L. Robinson) Millspaugh +
Cakile maritima var. geniculata +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
not rosulate +
not +  and auriculate +
dissected +, repand +, sinuate +, crenate +  and dentate +
spatulate;ovate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
sessile +  and petiolate +
well-developed +
distinct +
differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
accumbent +  and obliquely incumbent +
La. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Tamaulipas) +  and Mexico (Veracruz) +
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 /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
lanceoloid +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Sandy beaches +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
dentate +  and entire +
lobed;dentate;lobed;dentate;sinuate +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
white +  and pale lavender +
4mm;6.1mm +
rudimentary +
cruciform +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
Flowering year-round (peak Mar–Aug). +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. +
not geniculate +
stout +  and slender +
geniculate +
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 +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 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 +
Cakile lanceolata var. geniculata +
Cakile geniculata +
species +
scale-like +  and forked +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
not distinguishable +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
anastomosing +
glabrous +, pubescent +  and , +
rhizomatous +, taprooted +, scapose +  and not +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
subshrub +  and herb +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +