Species

Dipterostemon capitatus (Blue dicks)

Dipterostemon capitatus. Photo: (c) Tom Hilton, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Dichelostemma capitatum (syn. D. pulchellum), known by the common names blue dicks, purplehead and brodiaea (alternately spelled brodiea and brodeia), is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Western United States (particularly Arizona, California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico) and northwest Mexico.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
        Order: Asparagales (Agaves, orchids, irises, and allies)
        Family: Asparagaceae (Agave and allies)
        Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae (Brodiaea subfamily)
        Genus: Dipterostemon
        Species: Dipterostemon capitatus (Blue dicks)
        Subspecies: Dipterostemon capitatus capitatus

Subtaxa

Subspecies: Dipterostemon capitatus capitatus

Sightings

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Discussion

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