   | Description: Blue Dicks have a naked, 1-2 feet tall stem and grass-like leaves arising from an underground corm. At the end of the slender stem is a dense cluster of 4-10 violet-blue flowers forming a rounded head. The individual flowers are about 3/8 inch long. Blue Dicks or Wild Hyacinth are abundant throughout Grasslands and Coastal Sage Scrub communities and bloom from February through May.
The corm looks like a small white bulb wrapped in brown paper and was a tasty treat for Native Americans and early settlers who called them “grass nuts”. Dichelostemma is derived from Greek words meaning “two parted garland” while pulchellum is Latin for “beautiful”. Color: blue/purple/violet
Season: February, March, April, May,
Community: Coastal Sage Scrub, Grassland,
Use: Edible,
Origin: Native |
