捕蝇草 Dionaea muscipula

  • Scientific Name: Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis
  • Ref: Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 1:98. 1773
  • Synonyms: Dionaea corymbosa Raf.; D. sensitiva Salisb.; D. sessiliflora Raf.; D. uniflora Raf.; Drosera sessiliflora Raf.; Drosera uniflora Raf.
  • English Common Name: Venus flytrap
  • Chinese Common Name: 捕蝇草 bǔyíng∙cǎo
  • Japanese Common Name: ハエトリグサ [蠅捕草] haetorigusa
  • Family: Droseraceae
  • Genus: Dionaea
  • Distribution: Moist, sandy-peaty soil and sphagnum mats of roadsides, ditch banks, borrow-pits, longleaf pine savannas; 0–100 m; native to North Carolina, South Carolinai
  • Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong

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