This carnivorous perennial forms rosettes of yellow-green rounded leaves that are composed of two hinged lobes. The white wheel-shaped flowers appear in umbles on a long stem above the foliage during early summer. Naturally found in bog settings, it has become a popular indoor plant.

Hardiness zones 8 to 10

Dionaea muscipula is naturally found in north and South Carolina growing in bogs along the coast in an open sunny position. It is frost and drought tender.

The Venus Fly Trap is an unusual perennial plant that is grown in bog gardens out doors in warm climates or as a container plant commonly in a glasshouse or conservatory.It is planted in wet tropical settings or moist rock gardens It has a moderate to slow growth rate and establishes from cuttings in 1 to 3 years.ID 1097

Dionaea(dee-on-IE-a) muscipula(mus-KIP-ew-la)

Droseracea(DROS-er-AY-see-ee)