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Also known as: Dionaea muscipula, Venus’s flytrap
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Venus flytrap, (Dionaea muscipula), perennial carnivorous plant of the sundew family (Droseraceae), notable for its unusual habit of catching and digesting insects and other small animals. The only member of its genus, the plant is native to a small region of North and South Carolina, where it is common in damp mossy areas. As photosynthetic plants, Venus flytraps do not rely on carnivory for energy but rather use the nitrogen-rich animal proteins to enable their survival in marginal soil conditions. The plant, which grows from a bulblike rootstock, bears a group of small white flowers at the tip of an ...(100 of 223 words)

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