It is native to Europe and the Mediterranean and it's flowers are white, pink or lavender with four petals the fruit upper segment is a compressed conical shape with 4 obvious angles, while the lower segment is almost as wide as the upper and bears 2 lateral blunt horns towards its top

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Habitat Common in sand dunes and on interdune flats. Very tolerant of salinity and salt-spray. Growth is stimulated by both salinity (i.e. a true halophyte) and sand burial
Size Herbs to 80 cm high
Origin Introduced
Distribution Coastal areas of southern Australia from WA to QLD including Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Coastal areas of southern Australia from WA to QLD including Tasmania
Habitat
Common in sand dunes and on interdune flats. Very tolerant of salinity and salt-spray. Growth is stimulated by both salinity (i.e. a true halophyte) and sand burial
Size
Herbs to 80 cm high
Common Name Sea Rocket
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Introduced
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Classification

Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumCharophyta
ClassEquisetopsida
SubclassMagnoliidae
SuperorderRosanae
OrderBrassicales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusCakile
SpeciesCakile maritima
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