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cakile maritima
Cakile maritima, the European searocket, is a common plant in the mustard family. This is an annual plant which grows in clumps or mounds in the sand on beaches and bluffs. The shiny leaves are fleshy, green and tinted with purple or magenta, and long-lobed. It has white to light purple flowers and sculpted, segmented, corky brown fruits one to three centimeters long. The fruits float and are water-dispersed.
It is widespread in Europe, especially on coastlines, and it can now be found in other areas of the world where it has been introduced. It is an inhabitant of the west and east coasts of North America, where it has the potential to become a noxious weed. At coast sand dunes.
spanish names: oruga de mar, oruga marina, oruga marítima, rabanillo marítimo, rábano marítimo, rejoncillos, roqueta marítima, ruca de mar, rucamar, ruqueta de mar, ruqueta marítima. The seed oil contain high level of erucic acid which can have pathological effects on the cardiac muscle of several animal species. However, orange bellied parrots feed on its seed during their northward migrating journey from Tasmania.
Spotted on Aug 17, 2011
Submitted on Mar 15, 2012
2 Comments
Actually, my first thought was that it could be some kind of Euphorbia
Interesting, must do well with it's succulent leaves!