Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cakile harperi
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Harper's Searocket from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-08-001:
Cakile harperi FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cakile harperi
COMMON NAME:
Southeastern Sea Rocket, Harper's Searocket
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_33
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Smooth, fleshy, freely branched, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cakile harperi
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-08-001:
Cakile harperi
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cakile harperi
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