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Blue Dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus)
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Flower
White
Pink
Violet
3 or 6 Petals
Basal
Typical Height
Perennial
Native
Description
CA Bloom Feb - Apr
Height to 2 ft.
Flowers have 6 segments (
tepals
)
Basal
leaves are long and narrow.
Common in a wide variety of habitats.
Compare to Ookow
CA native
Brodiaea Family (Themidaceae)
6-part flowers bunch tightly together at the top of a long narrow stem.
Often purple, this flower can also be pink or white. Notice the three forked, white filament sheaths forming a cylinder around the reproductive parts.
Long narrow leaves grow from the base of the plant. Below, the roots connect to food-storing
corms
.
Photo Gallery (63 ) click any picture to enlarge
Blue Dicks is common and likes open, sunny places. It does well in grasslands and coast sage scrub. It thrives in openings in chaparral and wood ...
Stems are erect but twisting and grow one or two feet tall. [[Basal]] leaves are separate from the stem. They're narrow and parallel-veined. The ...
Blue Dicks can grow from seed or from cormlets in their roots. If a fire kills the surface plant, Blue Dicks can regenerate from its cormlets. C ...
Here's a classic Blue Dicks look - several 6-petaled flowers packed closely together, with white, forked sheaths protecting yellow-tipped [[stamens]]. ...
Actually, those six petals are called [[tepals]] because they're arranged in two whorls, 3 tepals alternating and inside of the other 3. Flowers ...