Brassicaceae
Sea rocket
Cakile maritima
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cakile
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- إسليح بحري, رشاد البحر, فجل الجمل, فجيلة
- arz
- اسليح بحرى
- Basque
- Itsas kakile
- Bulgarian
- Крайморско какиле
- Catalan
- Rave de mar
- Chinese
- 海滨芥
- Czech
- Pomořanka přímořská
- Danish
- Almindelig Strandsennep
- Dutch
- Zeeraket
- English
- Sea rocket, European searocket
- Estonian
- Liiv-merisinep
- Finnish
- Merisinappi, Euroopanmerisinappi
- French
- Roquette de mer, Cakilier
- German
- Europäischer Meersenf
- Greek
- Κακίλη η παράλια
- Hebrew
- דו-פרק חופי, דּוּ-פֶּרֶק חוֹפִי
- Japanese
- カキレ・マリティマ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Strandreddik
- Polish
- Rukwiel nadmorska
- Portuguese
- Eruca-marítima, Eruca marítima
- Russian
- Морская горчица морская
- Slovenian
- Navadna morska gorjuđa, Navadna morska gorjuša
- Swedish
- Marviol
- Welsh
- Hegydd arfor
Synonyms
- Bunias americana Raf.
- Bunias ovalis Viv.
- Cakile aegyptia var. australis (Coss.) Maire & Weiller
- Cakile aegyptia var. hispanica (Jord.) Maire & Weiller
- Cakile aegyptia var. latifolia (Desf.) Maire & Weiller
- Cakile aegyptia var. susica (Maire, Weiller & Wilczek) Maire & Weiller
- Cakile aegyptica (L.) Maire & Weiller
- Cakile bauhini Jord.
- Cakile hispanica L'Hér. ex DC.
- Cakile maritima f. pandataria (A.Terracc.) O.E.Schulz
- Cakile maritima f. pygmaea O.E.Schulz
- Cakile maritima subsp. aegyptica (L.) Nyman
- Cakile maritima var. aegyptica (L.) Delile
- Cakile maritima var. amblycarpa O.E.Schulz
- Cakile maritima var. auriculata Post
- Cakile maritima var. hispanica (Jord.) Paol.
- Cakile maritima var. integrifolia W.D.J.Koch
- Cakile maritima var. laciniata Hallier
- Cakile maritima var. monosperma (Lange) O.E.Schulz
- Cakile maritima var. oxycarpa O.E.Schulz
- Cakile maritima var. pandataria N.Terracc.
- Cakile maritima var. pinnatifida Delile
- Cakile maritima var. sessiliflora O.E.Schulz
- Cakile maritima var. sinuatifolia (Stokes) DC.
- Crucifera cakile (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Isatis pinnata Forssk.
- Rapistrum cakile (L.) Bergeret
- Rapistrum maritimum J.P.Bergeret
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 4,045 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kate Manning, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Taken by Carsten Niehaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: torres, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:08, 1 December 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brieuc_1, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ximenex, CC BY-SA 2.1, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fernández Pérez Miguel Ángel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.