Family | Brassicaceae |
Scientific name | Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hooker |
Synonyms | Bunias edentula Bigelow; Cakile americana Nuttall; Cakile californica A. Heller; Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hooker subsp. californica (A. Heller) Hultén; Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hooker subsp. edentula (Bigelow) Hooker; Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hooker subsp. edentula (Bigelow) Hooker var. edentula (Bigelow) Hooker; Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hooker var. californica (A. Heller) Fernald; Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hooker var. edentula (Bigelow) Hooker |
Common name | (Japanese common name) oni-hama-daikon (オニハマダイコン, 鬼浜大根 [meaning: tiger beach radish]) |
(English common name) American sea rocket | |
Distribution | (Japan) coastal area of Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA | |
Habitat | Sand beach |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Plants 15-50cm tall. Flowers white or pale purple ca. 8mm, flowering in June to September. Seeds 3-4mm. Annual or winter annual plants. |
Reference | Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. |
Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. | |
Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. | |
Cakile edentula var. edentula (Bigelow) Hook. | |
Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. | |
Note | Naturalized plants (first discovered at Murakami City in 1982) |
June 2008 at Tanoura beach in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2008 at Tanoura beach in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2008 at Tanoura beach in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2008 at Tanoura beach in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2008 at Tanoura beach in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2008 at Tanoura beach in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2008 at Tanoura beach in Niigata Prefecture |