"Brodiaea is a common name for a variable group of plants that includes three genera---Brodiaea, Dichelostemma, and Triteleia—and about forty species…Firecracker flower is perhaps the most- sought-after dichelostemma...Each scarlet-red tube is tipped with projecting and recurved tepals of lime green and chartreuse. This plant is striking in a variety of situations."
—Nora Harlow and Kristin Jakob,
Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses, 2003