Common Name:

coastal searocket

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Cakile lanceolata

Family:

Brassicaceae

Form:

flower

Size:

2 ft tall by 2 ft wide

Life Span:

short-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white, lavender

Fruit Color:

yellow

Phenology:

evergreen; blooms spring through summer.

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Searocket is best used to hold loose sand in place such as the beach dune system.

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

The searocket produces pods shaped like a rocket with two seeds, one in the top, which drops off and is carried away by wind or water, and the bottom with remains with the plant.

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Short very dry periods ---to--- Somewhat long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury.

Soil or Other Substrate:

Clay, Loam, Sand

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8B, 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B

Wildlife:

Native Habitats:

Coastal dunes. Identified along the Indian River lagoon and the Atlantic shoreline to the Gulf and across to the panhandle of Florida.

Natural Range in Florida:

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Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Pronunciation : Ca-ki-le lan-see-oh-lay-tuh The searocket blooms July through September. Annual to short-lived perennial.