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§1 Plant

Cakile geniculata (B.L. Rob.) Millsp.

vernacular gulf searocket — species · Brassicaceae

USDA
CAGE4
GBIF
8614909
Rank
species
gulf searocket (Cakile geniculata)
Platephotograph · Sam KieschnickCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Brassicaceae Burnett
Genus
Cakile
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 14 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 14 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 14 counties across 2 states/territories.

Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 7 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CAGE4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8614909 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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