Gilmania

Taxobox
name = "Gilmania luteola"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Polygonaceae
genus = "Gilmania"
species = "G. luteola"
binomial = "Gilmania luteola"
binomial_authority = (Coville) Coville

"Gilmania luteola" (called Golden Carpet or Goldencarpet) is a very rare spring wildflower found in alkaline salt flats of Death Valley in eastern California in the United States. The plant grows very low to the ground, and only in very wet years, which rarely occur in the region. The yellow flowers are quite small, and the plant has greenish-yellowish foliage. It is the only species in the monotypic genus "Gilmania".

References

*Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 56