Wild Hyacinth is a common native flowering plant in San Diego County’s sage-scrub and chaparral plant communities. This perennial corm grows to the height of 1-2 feet and its flowers are light lavender to dark purple in a dense umbel at the end of the stalk.

California Native Americans gathered Wild Hyacinth; the underground corms were dug up before flowering and used as a source of starch for their diet.