Blue-dick Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum previously Dichelostemma pulchellum Liliaceae   (Snakelily Family) Home       Plant Index     Detail     Utah Range Map

Photo Details April 17, 2005 -Blue Dick growing out from under a Sagebrush plant in the desert southwest of St. George, Washington County, Utah - ©Nicky Davis Other syn. Brodiaea capitata, Dichelostemma capitata, Brodiaea pulchella, Dichelostemma lacuna-vernalis 1 to 3 feet tall. Flower 1/2 to 3/4 inches long with blue to violet, tubular to bowl-shaped clusters on reddish stalk. There are 4-5 bronze-purple bracts at base of the flower cluster.  All leaves are basal, long and slender.  The plant seems to rise from the middle of another plant.. Back to Top