Blue Dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum
Photographed in Palm Canyon, California, taken March 2005 by Wikimedia User:Stan Shebs where the image is hosted.
Leaves emerge from underground bulbs in early spring looking much like chives. Photographed in the Hedgepeth Hills, Maricopa County, Arizona. January 2008. The image is hosted at The Wikimedia Project
FLOWERS: Blue, lilac or purple flowers in a several-flowered cluster at top of long flexible peduncle. Flowering early to mid spring.
PERENNIAL: Long-lived bulbs (corm) produce new growth and flowers year after year in the early spring.
LEAVES: Basal leaves are 20 to 50 cm long. Smooth and succulent.
RANGE: Frequent throughout the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Mexico mostly on rocky slopes and bajadas.
FRUIT: Dry three-valved capsule.
UNARMED.