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Accession Data:

Dionaea muscipula Ellis ex L.

  • Common Name: Venus Fly Trap
  • Family: Droseraceae Salisb.

  • Country of Origin: E. North Carolina to E. South Carolina, Florida
  • Habitat: Wet mossy areas near bogs & marshes

  • Description: This carnivorous plant utilizes an active steel trap mechanism. Trigger hairs on the inside lobes of the trap must be triggered twice in succession (or two different hairs on same leaf) for the traps to close. Closure of the trap occurs in about 1/30 second in full sunlight. Cool temperatures and cloudy weather will slow the trap mechanism down somewhat. The leaf perishes after capturing four insects in succession. Traps triggered by non-prey will re-open in about 24 hours.

  • Culture: Marginally frost hardy, grow in moist, acidic soil in full sun. Pinching out emerging flower stems and removing dead traps will encourage new traps to grow. Propagate from seed or leaf cuttings or by division in spring.
  • USDA Zone: 8-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501413
  • Source: Carolina Bio Supply
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2310 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 19 confirmed on 10-03-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Species Vulnerable or Habitat Critically Threatened
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Droseraceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
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2015
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References (internal):

  • Carnivorous Plants
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • Thigmonasty
  • Accessions with Embedded Video Files
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
  • ECE 2019 - Scavenger Hunt
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Florida / North Carolina / South Carolina /

References (external):

  1. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  2. Carnivorous Plants, Lecoufle, 1993
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  4. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  5. Dionaea muscipula at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Thursday, June 22, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:51:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Dionaea muscipula

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Current Accessions in the Droseraceae

  • Aldrovanda vesiculosa W/C
  • Dionaea muscipula
  • Drosera aliciae W/C
  • Drosera auriculata
  • Drosera binata W/C
  • Drosera binata
  • Drosera binata var. multifida extrema
  • Drosera callistos
  • Drosera capensis W/C
  • Drosera capillaris W/C
  • Drosera cuneifolia
  • Drosera dielsiana
  • Drosera filiformis var. filiformis W/C
  • Drosera filiformis var. tracyi
  • Drosera hartmeyerorum
  • Drosera macrantha
  • Drosera pygmaea W/C
  • Drosera ramellosa
  • Drosera regia W/C
  • Drosera spatulata ssp. lovellae W/C
  • Drosera venusta
  • Drosera x legrandii
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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