Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Brassicaceae | Cakile constricta | Gulf Coast Sea-rocket | Beaches, coastal sands. | Panhandle FL west to TX. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cakile edentula | Northeastern Sea-rocket | Beaches and lower dunes, at or near the wrack line; rarely as a railroad waif. | NL (Labrador) south to NC; also around introduced around the shores of the Great lakes and on various other shores around the world, including w. North America and Australia. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cakile geniculata | Gulf Coast Sea-rocket | Beaches and shores. | S. MS, s. LA, coastal TX, south to TAM and VER. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cakile harperi | Southeastern Sea-rocket | Beaches and lower dunes, at or near the wrack line. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: e. NC south to the east coast of c. peninsular FL. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cakile lacustris | Great Lakes Sea-rocket | Lake beaches. | Shores of the Great Lakes (ON, IL, IN, MI, NY, n. OH, nw. PA, WI). | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cakile lanceolata ssp. fusiformis | Beaches. | Peninsular FL; LA; Mexico (YUC and ROO) and Central America (Belize). | ||
Brassicaceae | Cakile lanceolata ssp. lanceolata | Southern Sea-rocket, Porkbush, 'Gardena' | Beaches. | S. FL; West Indies. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cakile lanceolata ssp. pseudoconstricta | Beaches, coastal sands. | FL, AL, LA, TX, TAM. | ||
Brassicaceae | Cakile maritima ssp. maritima | European Sea-rocket | Beaches, at or near the wrack line. | Native of Europe. The NC location was on ballast at Wilmington, and is apparently not persistent; locations in VA and northwards are well-established. | ![]() |