Venus flytrap
வில் பொறிడయోనియా మస్సిపులాവീനസ് ഫ്ളൈട്രാപ്പ്
Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 18 cm
Droseraceae
Formerly Dionaea corymbosa, Dionaea sensitiva, Dionaea sessiliflora, Dionaea uniflora, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. North Carolina to E. South CarolinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 20 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Czech
- mucholapka podivná
- German
- Venusfliegenfalle
- Russian
- Венерина мухоловка
- Arabic
- خناق الذباب
- Asturian
- venus atrapamosques
- Danish
- Fluefanger
- Greek
- Διωναία
- Esperanto
- Muŝkaptulo
- Spanish
- Dionea atrapamoscas
- Estonian
- Kärbsepüünis
- Finnish
- Kärpäsloukku
- French
- Dionée attrape-mouche
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3D model: Dionaea muscipula (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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