Common Names
Desert Hyacinth. The scientific name is Dichelostemma capititum which is how it gets the name "Blue dicks".

Habitat
Plants thrive in open disturbed environments and are a common post-fire succession species in chaparral.

Flowers
Pale violet. The inflorescence is head- or umbel-like, and dense. It usually contains 2 to 15 flowers, which have a blue, blue-purple, pink-purple, or white perianth. The flower tube is 3-12 mm and is narrowly cylindrical to campanulate.

Description
herbaceous perennial growing from an underground corm to a height of as much as 23.6 inches.

Source: Wikipedia

corm
a rounded underground storage organ present in plants such as crocuses, gladioli, and cyclamens, consisting of a swollen stem base covered with scale leaves.