TabsDetailsFamily: Liliaceae (Lily)Latin Name: Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatumColor: Blue or PurplePetals: 6Symmetry: RadialLeave Arrangement: BasalMin Elevation (m): 500mMax Elevation: 1300mThis perennial of the Lilly family inhabits the grassy slopes of the lower elevations of Yosemite. When the showy poppy displays of the early spring are winding down along the South Fork of the Merced, the Blue Dicks take up the relay. There are only about five species of the Dichelostemma> genus, and we have five of them in Yosemite. Image Gallery Add new comment Your name * E-mail * The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. Homepage Subject Comment * More information about text formats Text format Filtered HTMLPlain text Filtered HTMLWeb page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.Plain textNo HTML tags allowed.Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Notify me when new comments are posted All comments Replies to my comment Leave this field blank
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