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-sulcate 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

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"elongated" is not a number."thick" is not a number.

acute +  and tapering +
James E. Rodman +
(Greene) Rodman +
Cakile fusiformis +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
not rosulate +
not +  and auriculate +
dissected +, repand +, sinuate +, crenate +  and dentate +
broadly ovate;ovatelanceolate or oblanceolate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
sessile +  and petiolate +
well-developed +
distinct +
differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
, +  and accumbent +
Fla. +, Mexico +  and Central America +
ca. 0 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
actinomorphic +
white;lavender +
ovate +  and oblong +
indehiscent +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br />) +
fusiform +
not constricted +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Sandy shores +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
pinnatisect +, dentate +  and entire +
pinnatifid;entire +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
4.9mm;9.4mm +
rudimentary +
cruciform +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Flowering year-round. +
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 +
erect +  and prostrate +
2-lobed +  and entire +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
Cakile chapmanii +
Cakile lanceolata subsp. fusiformis +
Cakile lanceolata +
subspecies +
0-2 times length of proximal +
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 +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +