Dipterostemon capitatus

Blue dicks

Family: Themidaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Blue dicks is a California native perennial found in various California bioregions in grasslands, chaparral, and oak woodlands at elevations from sea level to 1,600 meters. Flowering from February to June, this plant produces blue to blue-purple or occasionally pink-purple flowers in dense clusters with narrow bracts. Growing with slender stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall, it emerges from a deep underground corm. Its leaves are narrow and grass-like, typically two to three in number, measuring 10 to 70 centimeters long and slightly keeled. The flower clusters feature delicate blue blossoms with stamens that curve outward, creating an elegant and distinctive appearance.

California counties: Kern, Los Angeles, Tulare, Riverside, Napa, San Bernardino, San Diego, Orange, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, Inyo, Tuolumne, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Yuba, Colusa, Nevada, Marin, Sonoma, San Mateo, Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Trinity, Placer, Mariposa, Merced, Plumas, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, San Joaquin, Solano, Tehama, Yolo, El Dorado, Fresno, Humboldt, Lake, Madera, Mendocino, San Benito, Sutter, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, Del Norte, Kings

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