Marina parryi (A. Gray) Barneby

on gravels of broad shallow braided wash between low volcanic hills

gravels of broad shallow braided wash between low volcanic hills

Plant on fine, silty sands of gently sloping coastal plain.

Plant on fine, silty sands of gently sloping coastal plain.

on coarse gravelly volcanic soil of wide, braided sheet-wash arroyo draining coastal plain between rhyolite hills.

on coarse gravelly volcanic soil of wide, braided sheet-wash arroyo draining coastal plain between rhyolite hills.

on coarse gravelly volcanic soil of wide, braided sheet-wash arroyo draining coastal plain between rhyolite hills.

coarse granitic soil, drainage rill on low volcanic hillside

coarse granitic soil, drainage rill on low volcanic hillside

coarse granitic soil, drainage rill on low volcanic hillside

coarse granitic soil, drainage rill on low volcanic hillside

coarse granitic soil, drainage rill on low volcanic hillside

coarse granitic soil, drainage rill on low volcanic hillside

roadside, on crushed construction gravels and disturbed volcanic soil. Note dense compact habit of this often spindly plant in full sun