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Ookow differs from Blue Dicks in that (1) Ookow filament sheaths (tooth-like projections between the tepals and stamens) stand away from the yellow-tipped stamens, whereas Blue Dicks' filament sheaths form a tight crown around the yellow-tipped stamens. You can plainly see the "forked tooth" filament sheaths in the 4th photo here; (2) Each Ookow flower constricts just above where it covers the ovary and the tepals separate. Blue Dicks doesn’t have a waist. The constricting waist is clear on flowers in the photos here.

Source: Bruce Homer-Smith, https://classic.plantid.net/LinkArticles/Blue%20Dicks%20vs%20Ookow.htm, Marin Chapter, CNPS.

Note diagnostic reddish peduncle, dark stigma and sharply-pointed dark stamens, perianth with narrow delineated yellow and white bands and vivid magenta upward reflexed petal lobes. Some individual flowers can be seen facing upward.