Marina peninsularis (Rose) Barneby

Parosela peninsularis Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 304 1905.
Dalea canescens Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 12. 1844. Not D. canescens Mart. & Gal. 1843.
A slender annual; stems many, diffusely branched, prostrate or reclining, 1-5 dm. long, white-hirsutulous; leaves spreading, 1-2 cm. long; stipules subulate, 2 mm. long; petioles 2-3 mm. long; rachis hirsutulous; stipels minute, subulate; leaflets 11-15, obovate, oblong, 2-4 mm. long, hirsutulous, obtuse or retuse, somewhat glandular beneath; peduncles subopposite the leaves, 1-1.5 cm. long, hirsutulous; racemes short and dense, 1-1.5 cm. long; bracts lanceolate or ovate, acuminate, hirsutulous; calyx hirsute; tube strongly 10-angled, turbinate, 1.5 mm. long; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, equaling the tube; corolla purple, with the keel yellowish-margined below; blade of the banner reniform, 2 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, the claw 1 mm. long; blades of the wings and keel-petals 3 mm. long, the claws 1 mm. long.
Type locality: Bay of Magdalena, Lower California. Distribution: Lower California and Sonora.