Dionaea muscipula

Family:DROSERACEAE
Species:Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis
Common Name:Venus' Flytrap
Habitat:Low acidic boggy habitats in the coastal plain.
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:This fascinating species is native to North and South Carolina where it is protected by state and federal law. It has been introduced in Alabama, thus not native or protected. It is currently known only from Baldwin County where it was collected by Bruce Sorrie in 1996. It has been observed but not collected at one additional locality. Due to the tendency for it grow with other rare species, the locality has been withheld.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Classification

FamilyDROSERACEAE - Sundew family
Genus Dionaea
Species Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis - Venus' Flytrap

Citation

Citation Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis, St. James's Chron. Brit. Eve.-Post 1172: 4. 1768.
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AUA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0052812 Baldwin 17 Oct 1996 Sorrie, B.A.
9122
UWAL
Dionaea muscipula Ellis
AUA_ACC_59824 Baldwin 17 Oct 1996 Sorrie, Bruce A.
9109
AUA
Dionaea Muscipula Ellis
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