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Gilmania luteola
Also called Golden Gilmania, Golden Palette, Golden Carpet, Golden Carpet Gilmania
Goldencarpet is a rare desert annual that forms low mats with tiny yellow flowers, found only in Death Valley, California. It appears only in very wet years and is not a realistic garden plant.
Gilmania luteola (called golden carpet or goldencarpet) is a rare annual plant in the Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae).
It is found only on barren alkaline slopes in Death Valley, California, United States, especially near Artist's Palette.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gilmania by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
