Venus flytrap
SpeciesCarnivorous Plants
A carnivorous plant native to wetlands in North and South Carolina.
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Venus flytrap
- Carnivorous Plants
The Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant native to temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina in the United States. It is the only species in the genus Dionaea and belongs to the family Droseraceae. Its leaf traps use sensitive hairs to detect prey, chiefly insects and arachnids, then clamp shut. The species is widely cultivated, but its native population has been rapidly declining.
- Scientific name
- Dionaea muscipula
- Native range
- Wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, United States
- Prey
- Chiefly insects and arachnids
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Venus flytrap (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q155825
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Noah Elhardt. CC BY-SA 2.5 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsNoah Elhardt, Self-published photo by Noah ElhardtModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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