Goodmania luteola

Golden goodmania, Golden Goodmania

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Golden goodmania is a California native annual found in southern San Joaquin Valley (extirpated), southern and eastern Sierra Nevada in Mono and Inyo counties, and western Mojave Desert in Kern and Los Angeles counties, growing in clay habitats at elevations of 70 to 2,200 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces small yellow flowers in clusters with 6 to 15 blooms per cluster, each flower approximately 1 millimeter long. Growing with spreading stems 5 to 15 centimeters tall and up to 15 centimeters wide, the plant can be hairy or smooth with an open, branching growth habit. Its leaves are small and distinctive, with basal leaves roughly round and measuring 2 to 5 millimeters across, while stem leaves are narrow and linear with pointed tips. The fruit is light brown, obconical, and approximately 1 to 1.2 millimeters long with a curved embryo.

Habitat: Clay

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: 70-2200 m

Bioregions: s SnJV (extirpated), SNE (s Mono, n Inyo cos.), w DMoj (s Kern, n Los Angeles cos.)

California counties: Los Angeles, Kern, Mono, Inyo, Fresno, Madera, Tulare, San Bernardino

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.