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Cakile maritima subsp. maritima

Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington Harbour, Pito-one Petone Beach.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 18/10/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington Harbour, Pito-one Petone Beach.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 18/10/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Fruit of Cakile maritima subsp. maritima, Tauranga Bay, Northland.<br>Photographer: John Barkla, Date taken: 18/10/2020, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Cakile maritima subsp. maritima, Tauranga Bay, Northland.<br>Photographer: John Barkla, Date taken: 18/10/2020, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington Harbour, Pito-one Petone Beach.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 22/11/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington Harbour, Pito-one Petone Beach.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 22/11/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington Harbour, Pito-one Petone Beach.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 22/11/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington Harbour, Pito-one Petone Beach.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 22/11/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington Harbour, Pito-one Petone Beach.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 22/11/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Cakile maritima.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Cakile maritima.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

sea rocket

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Violet/Purple, White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Brassicaceae

Authority

Cakile maritima Scop. subsp. maritima

Ecology

Flowering

October, November, December, January, (February)

Fruiting

October, November, December, January, (June)

Year naturalised

1940

Origin

W. Europe and Mediterranean

Other information

Etymology

maritima: From the Latin mare ‘sea’, meaning growing on the sea shore