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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dionaea muscipula   FAMILY Droseraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dionaea muscipula   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dionaea muscipula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Dionaea muscipula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 093-01-001:

Dionaea muscipula   FAMILY Dionaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dionaea muscipula

 

COMMON NAME:
Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet


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image of Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet

Preston Montague    www_north_carolina_tag

        NC

Purchase of this tag supports native plant conservation & restoration in NC, per North Carolina Botanical Garden.

image of Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet

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, NC (Fowler, 2015).

image of Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet

Kevin Adams    kcadionaeamuscipula_29

May    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

This plant's unique leaves capture and absorb insects, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet

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 (Nelson, 2006).

image of Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet

JK Marlow    jkm070609_051

June    Pickens County    SC

Pickens County Museum

image of Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet

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 (Nelson, 2006).

image of Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet

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 (Nelson, 2006).

image of Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet

JK Marlow    jkm080607_029

June    Pickens County    SC

Pickens County Museum

image of Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, Meadow Clam, Tippitiwitchet

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 (Fowler, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dionaea muscipula   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dionaea muscipula   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dionaea muscipula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dionaea muscipula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 093-01-001:
Dionaea muscipula   FAMILY Dionaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dionaea muscipula

 

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471

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, sandhill seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare in Carolina Coastal Plain (waifs inland)

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-merous
5 sepals
5 petals
15 stamens (approximately)
Superior ovary

Inflorescence an umbelliform cyme

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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