Androstephium caeruleum

In these parts, these bloom early, if at all. Alas, one only came up this year in this population. One year a great many came up and the deer ate every last one of them before they could set seed. However, they do have bulbs and that keeps em persistin', maybe.

Some are a bit more lilac than this one, but they are always white to light bluish purple. Habitat in these parts seems to be primarily on shallow gravelly limestone derived clay soils. Or maybe that's where we see em cause the vegetation in those areas is generally low and sparse, especially in February-March. We have seen this once in a mixed grassland situation, but that site now has a building on top of it.

I wonder how Androstephium caeruleum is doin' in Oklahomy. Maybe there's a place in Oklahomy with dark skies and Androstephium, fer me. Maybe we can move the whole CB there.