Cakile maritima

Sea Rocket at Batemans Marine Park

Cakile maritima at Batemans Marine Park - 6 Jun 2014
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Identification history

Cakile maritima 7 Jun 2018 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 6 Jun 2018 MichaelBedingfield

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Near Pretty Beach

3 comments

Sybille wrote:
   7 Jun 2018
Cakile maritima ...Beach Rocket. Naturalised on sand dunes of most coastlines in the world I believe.
Sybille wrote:
   7 Jun 2018
Cakile maritima ...Beach Rocket. Naturalised on sand dunes of most coastlines in the world I believe.
plants wrote:
   7 Jun 2018
Yes, introduced Cakile maritima common on sandy beaches and occasionally around estuaries. This species replaced C. edendula along our coast in the 1990s.

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Sighting information

Species information

  • Cakile maritima Scientific name
  • Sea Rocket Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor weed or pest
  • Up to 44m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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