Cakile edentula




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