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Crambe maritima L.

Sea-Kale

Brassicaceae

Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Genus: Crambe (Sea-Kale)

Synonyms

Crambe maritima
Crambe pontica

Related species

Crambe maritima L. - Sea-Kale

Traits


    30–80 cm tall. plants: glabrous. flowers: whitish. fruits: silicles or nutlets, 2‑partite due to a transverse division, mature (apparently) 1‑partite, the lower segment empty, stalk-like, the upper segment large, spherical, rounded at the apex, cross-section rounded ...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Crambe maritima

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.


Distribution in Germany

Crambe maritima

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Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Crambe maritima

Crambe maritima

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • dunes, salt marshes

  • in nutritious, periodically flooded, occasionally saline habitats

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