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Cakile maritima

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Cakile maritima, the European searocket, is a common plant in the mustard family. 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. 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.

 

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A eruca-marítima (Cakile maritima) é uma planta da família das brassicáceas (antigas crucíferas, a que também pertencem as couves e os nabos) cujo habitat preferencial são zonas arenosas junto ao litoral, especialmente em dunas. É uma planta carnuda, que atinge de 1 a 4 dm de altura, com ramos a partir da base. Floresce de Março a Dezembro (no hemisfério norte), apresentando pétalas lilacíneas ou brancas. As flores estão dispostas em rácimos pouco densos. As folhas são sinuado-dentadas, compostas por vários segmentos que se apresentam inteiros ou com recortes arredondados minúsculos (isto é, margem crenulada).

 

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