What is "cakile maritima"

Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)

1. A cruciferous plant ( Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.

2. Damewort.

3. Rocket larkspur. See below.

   Dyer's Rocket. (Bot.) See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

   Rocket larkspur (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers in long racemes ( Delphinium Ajacis).

   Sea rocket (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants ( Cakile maritima and Cakile Americana) found on the seashore of Europe and America.

   Yellow rocket (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers ( Barbarea vulgaris).

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.