Latin name: Dipterostemon capitatus (Benth.) Rydb. ssp. capitatus
Pronunciation: dip-ter-OS-te-mon kap-i-TAY-tus
Common name: Blue dicks
Family: Themidaceae (Brodiaea)
Habitat: Plains and hillsides below yellow pine forest, open woodlands, scrub, desert, grasslands, to about 6000'
Blooming period: March to May
Name derivations: 1) Dipterostemon 2) capitatus
NOTE: Formerly Dichelostemma
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