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Venus Flytrap

Dionaea muscipula · Droseraceae

The famous carnivorous plant whose hinged, spine-fringed traps snap shut on insects that brush their trigger hairs. A fascinating bog plant for a sunny windowsill, grown in pure peat with rainwater.

At a glance

  • Habit
    Perennial
  • Light
    Full Sun, Part Shade
  • Water
    Moist / Regular
  • Soil
    Acidic Soil
  • Climate
    Warm Temperate, Subtropical
  • Frost
    Frost-Hardy
  • Mature size
    0.12 m H × 0.12 m W
  • Foliage
    Evergreen
  • Flowering
    Spring Flowering
  • Growth rate
    Slow-Growing
  • Maintenance
    Moderate Maintenance

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