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Dichelostemma volubile

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Monocots

Family
  
Asparagaceae

Scientific name
  
Dichelostemma volubile

Rank
  
Species

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Brodiaeoideae

Higher classification
  
Dichelostemma

Dichelostemma volubile

Similar
  
Dichelostemma, Liliaceae, Dichelostemma ida‑maia, Dichelostemma congestum, Dichelostemma capitatum

Dichelostemma volubile is a species of flowering plant known by the common names twining snakelily and twining brodiaea. This wildflower is endemic to the mountain foothills of California, where it grows in scrub and woodland.

Dichelostemma volubile grows tall, erect, naked stems topped with spherical inflorescences of up to 30 densely packed pink flowers. Each flower is a tube up to a centimeter long with a spreading corolla of six petal-like lobes. The purplish or reddish stems may twine tightly around each other and occasionally other plants.

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Dichelostemma volubile Wikipedia