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Species Details

Gilmania luteola

golden-carpet gilmania

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  Classification

Scientific Name:
Gilmania luteola (Cov.) Cov.
Common Name:
golden-carpet gilmania
Family: Polygonaceae
Element Code: PDPGN0A010
USDA Plants Symbol: GILU
Synonyms/Other Names:

  Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank: 1B.3
Fed List: None
State List: None
Global Rank: G2G3
State Rank:
 S2S3
Other Status: SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes:
Add Date: 1980-01-01
Date Edited: 2021-05-26

  Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: annual herb
Blooming Period: (Feb)Mar-Apr
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Elevation:
-15 - 610 meters
-50 - 2000 feet
General Habitats:
  • Chenopod scrub (alkaline barrens)
Microhabitat Details:
Microhabitat:

  Notes

Notes:
Known from fewer than twenty occurrences in Death Valley NM. See Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 4:190 (1893) for original description, Fremontia 11(4):25-26 (1984) for species account, and Phytologia 66(3):243-244 (1989) for taxonomic treatment.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

  Threat List Data from the CNDDB

Threat List Total: 2
Total EOs % of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed: 1 7 %
THREAT LIST:
Foot traffic/trampling 1 6%
Road/trail construction/maint. 1 6%

  Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Total Occurrences: 15
Element Occurrence Ranks:
A B C D X U
1 2 0 0 0 12
Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years 11
Recent <=20 Years 4
Presence:
Presumed Extant 15
Possibly Extirpated 0
Presumed Extirpated 0

  Location

California Endemic:
California Island:
States: Name (Code)
California (CA)
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Inyo (INY)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Devils Golf Course (3611637), Furnace Creek (3611647), Stovepipe Wells NE (3611761), West of Furnace Creek (3611648)
Notes:
Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
* Presumed extirpated
(?) Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.
Regional Map

  Map

Presumed Extant
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  Selected References

Suggested Citation:
California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2023. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 27 September 2023].