Cakile maritima subsp. maritima

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>

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 name

sea rocket

Family

Brassicaceae

Authority

Cakile maritima Scop. subsp. maritima

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flowering

October, November, December, January, (February)

Flower colours

Violet/Purple, White

Fruiting

October, November, December, January, (June)

Year naturalised

1940

Origin

W. Europe and Mediterranean

Etymology

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