Venus flytrap

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Dionaea muscipula Ellis

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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Dionaea J. Ellis (ハエジゴク)

Haejigoku (ハエジゴク, 蠅地獄), venus flytrap
(ハエトリソウ, ハエトリグサ)
Lifeform: perennial carnivorous forb (食虫植物)
Distribution (map): temperate and subtropical North Carolina and South Carolina in USA
Habitat: nitrogen-and phosphorus-poor environments, represented by bogs, wet savannahs and canebrakes

Chromosome number: 2n = 32
Use: ornamental

various modern hybrids created in cultivation

Synonyms:

Dionaea corymbosa (Raf.) Steud.
Dionaea crinita Sol.
Dionaea muscicapa St.Hil., sphalm.typogr.
Dionaea sensitiva Salisb.
Dionaea sessiliflora (Raf.) Steud.
Dionaea uniflora (Raf.) Steud.
Drosera corymbosa Raf.
Drosera sessiliflora Raf.
Drosera uniflora Raf.

Dionaea muscipula cultivated in Japan

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[1-3] at the greenhouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens in western Japan on March 12 2026.