JURIED EXHIBITION FOR
BOTANICAL ART OF THE SONORAN DESERT:  PAST AND PRESENT



EXHIBIT ITEM 119

Dichelostemma capitatum
Wild hyacinth

© 2013 Joyce Riney Peters
Watercolor

Also known as blue dicks, it is commonly found in chaparral and grassland plant communities. Its bulb, food for many native tribes of the Sonoran Desert, was sometimes eaten raw but also roasted or boiled to make it taste sweeter.