Venus flytrap
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The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, on the East Coast of the United States. Although various modern hybrids
Venus Flytrap showing trigger hairs
Illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine by William Curtis (1746–1799)
Venus flytrap flower bud
Flowering Venus flytrap showing its long flower stem
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
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Aldrovanda vesiculosa, commonly known as the waterwheel plant, is the sole extant species in the flowering plant genus Aldrovanda of the family Droseraceae. The plant captures small aquatic invertebra
Venus flytrap
…hybrids have been created in cultivation, D. muscipula is the only species of the monotypic genus Dionaea. It is closely related to the waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) and the cosmopolitan sundews (Drosera), all of which belong to the family Droseraceae. Dionaea catches its prey—chiefly insects and arachnids—with a…
Aldrovanda Vesiculosa Habit
Germinating Aldrovanda seeds
Trap of Aldrovanda
Traps of the water wheel plant