Flora

Cakile geniculata

Gulf searocket

Large aggregates on fore dunes in Galveston.
Cakile geniculata, or Gulf searocket, is a fleshy succulent that grows in large patches on the back beach and low dunes. Some leaves are rounded while others have blunt, sawtooth edges. Its small white to lavender flowers, with four petals, appear in clusters throughout the spring, summer and early fall.

References
Duncan, W. H., & Duncan, M. B. (1987). The Smithsonian guide to seaside plants of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts from Louisiana to Massachusetts, exclusive of lower peninsular Florida. Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Richardson, A. (2013). Wildflowers and other plants of Texas beaches and islands. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.

Scott Clark

I'm a Ph.D. student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Crawford Lab at the University of Houston. My primary research interests are in plant invasion ecology, microbiome interactions and plant community assembly.

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