Asparagaceae
Firecracker flower
Dichelostemma ida-maia
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dichelostemma
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- زهرة المفرقعة النارية
- arz
- زهرة المفرقعة الناريه
- Czech
- Ohňostrojka
- English
- Firecracker flower
Synonyms
- Brevoortia coccinea (A.Gray) S.Watson
- Brevoortia ida-maia Alph.Wood
- Brodiaea coccinea A.Gray
- Brodiaea ida-maia (Alph.Wood) Greene
- Rhytidea bicolor Lindl.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 607 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mike Heine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dee Shea Himes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Heyman, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinkum, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Schalla, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.