Dichelostemma capitatum  Alph. Wood

Ubiquity:  Very common

Distritution:  Throughout

Plant Communities:  Many

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, clayey, ultramafic or not, grassy slopes/summits/flats/ or valley floors; on most geologic formations, including serpentine

Elevations:  40-2700' 

Comments:  = Brodiaea puchella

Updated:  2/19/98


Dichelostemma congestum  (Sm.) Kunth

Ubiquity:  Very common

Distritution:  Probably throughout except south of Napa

Plant Communities:  Many

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky or clayey, ultramafic or not, grassy slopes/flats/ & valley floors; in most geologic formations, including serpentine

Elevations:  90-2600'

Comments:  = Brodiaea c.   

Updated:  2/19/98


Dichelostemma congestum x volubile

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Noted along Berryessa - Knoxville Road near Toll Canyon

Plant Communities:  Blue Oak Woodland

Habitats:  A dry, shaded, (shaley?), wooded roadside; on Great Valley sediments 

Elevation:  720'

Comments:  Collection needed

Updated:  2/19/98


Dichelostemma volubile  (Kellogg) A.A. Heller

Ubiquity:  Common

Distritution:  E1/2

Plant Communities:  Regular & Serpentine Chaparral

Habitats:  Dry, partially shaded, clayey, brushy slopes; on Great Valley sediments

Elevations:  340-1600'

Comments:  = Brodiaea v.  

Updated:  2/19/98