Flowering occurs from May to November and the fruit is a woody, elliptic capsule 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) in diameter.

[2] Commersonia gilva was first formally described in 2011 by Carolyn F. Wilkins and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected north of West River in 2003.

[3] The specific epithet (gilva) means "dull yellow", referring to the flower colour and the hairs on the foliage.

[2][4] Golden commersonia grows in low mallee and near creeks and drainage lines near Ravensthorpe, Ongerup and Fitzgerald River National Park in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

[2][5] Commersonia gilva is listed as "not threatened", by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.