Brassicaceae FAMILY

Cakile maritima

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cakile maritima is an annual plant with a prostrate or ascending, branched stem growing from a very long, slender taproot; it can grow 15 - 45cm tall[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - mainly in coastal areas - Norway, south to Spain and east to the Caucasus, Iran. Israel, Syria; N. Africa - Macaronesia, Morocco to Egypt

HabitatSandy and shingly places all around the coast[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].