Venus flytrap
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The Venus flytrap is native to the swamp lands of Carolina. Charles Darwin described the plant as ‘one of the world's most wonderful plants’. The trap is sprung when insects, attracted by the colour and nectar, touch trigger hairs on the faces of the leaves.
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Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant native to the bogs of the southeastern USA. It is characterized by small white flowers clustered at the end of a stem 20–30 cm/8–12 in high, and distinctive modified leaves. When an insect alights on a leaf, the two halves of the leaf snap shut and then secrete enzymes to digest the insect.
Insectivorous plant belonging to the sundew family, native to the southeastern USA. Its leaves have two hinged surfaces that rapidly close together to trap any insect which brushes against the sensitive leaf hairs; digestive juices then break down the insect body so that it can be absorbed by the plant. (Dionaea muscipula, family Droseraceae.)
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