A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
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Brassicaceae » Cakile edentula var. edentula
Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. var. edentula[FNA7, HC2, KZ99]
American sea-rocket
Publication: Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1(2): 59. 1830.
Origin: Introduced from eastern North America.
Herbarium search: CPNWH
Notes: C. edentula, dispersed by the sea, moved 2000 miles, from its point of introduction in San Francisco, to Kodiak Island, Alaska, in 50 years (Barbour & Rodman 1970).
Last updated 5/18/2020 by David Giblin.
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. var. californica (A. Heller) Fernald[Peck]
