Cakile edentula

Stems ascending or decumbent, to 80 cm long. Lower leaves with variable lobing (but not pinnately lobed). Inflorescence congested. Sepals 3–5 mm long; petals 4–8 mm long, white, pink or lavender. Fruit spreading, 12–24 mm long (including beak), 4–8 mm wide, breaking between the upper and lower segments; abscission scar where the proximal and distal fruit segments separate is flat when viewed laterally; lower segment cylindric to slightly obconical, articulating surface with 2–6 small teeth; upper segment compressed, conical-lanceolate, 4-angled. Flowers spring–autumn.