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§1 Plant
Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook.
vernacular American searocket — species · Brassicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus
- Cakile
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 130 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 130 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Leelanau 26089
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oceana 26127
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Sanilac 26151
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAED ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3048882 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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