Coastal Searocket

Cakile lanceolata
Español: Ipomea
Pronuciation : Ca-ki-le lan-see-oh-lay-tuh The searocket blooms July through September. Annual to short-lived perennial.



Searocket is best used to hold loose sand in place such as the beach dune system.

Tolerance

Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.



High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury.

Habitat

Coastal dunes. Identified along the Indian River lagoon and the Atlantic shoreline to the Gulf and across to the panhandle of Florida.

Did You Know?

  • Hurricane wind resistance
  • Attracts butterflies and bees.
  • Larval host for the great southern white(Ascia monuste phileta).