Venus Flytrap
Dionaea muscipula
The world-famous snap-trap, native only to a small corner of the Carolinas, thriving in wet, sterile sand and full sun. Buy nursery-propagated plants, as wild ones are imperiled by poaching.
- Family
- Droseraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–0.75 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- NC, SC