Origin: America

Dionaea muscipula, commonly known as the Venus flytrap, is undoubtedly the best-known of all carnivorous plants. Many people find the closing ‘jaws’ fascinating. There are trigger hairs on both sides of the leaf. When the trigger hairs are touched more than once the leaf snaps shut. If an insect or prey is caught, the plant starts to digest it; if nothing is caught, the leaf reopens a day later.