Cakile lanceolata
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8B 9A 9B
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Coastal Searocket
Brassicaceae (mustard family)
Plant Specifics
| 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. | |
| Habitats: | Coastal dunes. Identified along the Indian River lagoon and the Atlantic shoreline to the Gulf and across to the panhandle of Florida. |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Searocket is best used to hold loose sand in place such as the beach dune system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| Moisture Tolerance: | 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 Tolerance: | High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Clay, Loam, Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildlife
Attracts butterflies and bees.
Larval host for the great southern white(Ascia monuste phileta).