Cakile maritima

Sea Rocket at Merimbula, NSW

Cakile maritima at Merimbula, NSW - 16 Jul 2020
Cakile maritima at Merimbula, NSW - 16 Jul 2020
Cakile maritima at Merimbula, NSW - 16 Jul 2020
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Identification history

Cakile maritima 30 Jun 2022 michaelb
Cakile sp. maritima or edentula 28 Jun 2022 michaelb
Cakile maritima 26 Jun 2022 michaelb

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Merimbula Beach

7 comments

plants wrote:
   26 Jun 2022
Fruit is out of focus, so hard to see the fruit to distinguish from E. maritima.
michaelb wrote:
   27 Jun 2022
My suggestion was Cakile maritima. What is E. maritima? Cakile edentula would be the other choice, is that what you meant?
plants wrote:
   27 Jun 2022
Opps, C. maritima!
C. edentula was the ID when I made this comment.
michaelb wrote:
   28 Jun 2022
Thanks Kevin, I changed my suggestion. We'll give it a generalised ID.
Tapirlord wrote:
   28 Jun 2022
Probably a good taxa to have, I would've gone with C.maritima personally.
plants wrote:
   28 Jun 2022
A agree, as C. maritima has virtually replaced C. edentula in recent years in NSW (see journal Cunninghamia (2013) 13: 291–294).
michaelb wrote:
   30 Jun 2022
Since you both agree to C. maritima I'll change the ID.

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 16 Jul 2020 05:13 PM Recorded on
  • michaelb Recorded by

Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height
  • True In flower

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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