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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Brassicaceae
Cakile lacustris (Fernald) Pobed.
sea-rocket
Cakile: an old Arabic name for this plant
lacustris: of or pertaining to lakes
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect to sprawling, annual, 4"-20" tall, succulent forb, bushy with many branches |
| Flower: | white to purple, 4-parted, 1/4" wide, oblong petals; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | pod corky when dry; divided into 2 unequal parts like a figure 8, the top part only slightly larger and 4-angled  |
| Habitat: | shores; in sandy soil |
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