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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dionaea muscipula
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dionaea muscipula
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 093-01-001:
Dionaea muscipula
FAMILY
Dionaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dionaea muscipula
COMMON NAME:
Venus Flytrap
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JK Marlow jkm060603_101
May Pickens County SC
Pickens County Museum
The plant's Latin name translates as "mousetrap", per Orchids, Carnivorous Plants, and Other Wildflowers of the Green Swamp, NCby Jim Fowler.
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Kevin Adams kcadionaeamuscipula_29
May Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
This plant's unique leaves capture and absorb insects, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Jerry Bright jeb_greenswamp062808_31
June Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
The hinged clamshell-like leaf blades are on relatively long winged stalks, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm070609_051
June Pickens County SC
Pickens County Museum
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JK Marlow jkm070609_053
June Pickens County SC
Pickens County Museum
The leaves are borne in a conspicuous 4-6" cluster at the base of the plant, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm070609_057
June Pickens County SC
Pickens County Museum
Flowers are about 5/8" wide and are borne on 1-12" scapes, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm080607_029
June Pickens County SC
Pickens County Museum
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdionaea_muscipula
Month Unknown
Traps vary in size, averaging ~ 2.5cm, and can shut in less than 1 second, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.