Brassicaceae

American searocket

Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook.

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cakile

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: قاقلى
Chinese: 海濱芥
English: American searocket
French: Caquillier édentulé
Japanese: オニハマダイコン

Synonyms

Bunias edentula Bigelow
Cakile aegyptia var. edentula Maire & Weiller
Cakile edentula subsp. californica (A.Heller) Hultén
Cakile edentula var. americana (Nutt.) O.E.Schulz
Cakile edentula var. californica Fernald
Cakile edentula var. integrifolia O.E.Schulz
Cakile edentula var. millspaughii (O.E.Schulz) O.E.Schulz
Cakile edentula var. pinnatifida O.E.Schulz
Cakile lanceolata subsp. edentula O.E.Schulz
Cakile lanceolata var. apetala O.E.Schulz
Cakile lanceolata var. australiensis Thell.
Cakile lanceolata var. edentula (Bigelow) O.E.Schulz
Cakile lanceolata var. millspaughii O.E.Schulz
Cakile lanceolata var. nillspaughii O.E.Schulz
Cakile maritima var. americana (Nutt.) Torr.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Biennial, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.