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Venus flytrap
Mr Amusing
I am one of the most unique plants I am a small herb, though not a
in the plant kingdom. My name is very friendly looking one. I am
Venus flytrap. I live in North and a carnivorous plant, and so I eat
South Carolina in North America. animals. My leafstalks end in a
two-flapped trap. The outside
of the trap is green, the inside is
red to attract the insect, and the
edges of each flap are lined with
fourteen to twenty sharp teeth.
h: up to 12 c m; Trap length: up to 4 cm; Life cycle: perennial
Bio Leaf blade lengt
Blast from the
past
The Venus flytrap was first
described by Governor
Arthur Dobbs of North
Carolina who named it ‘Fly
Trap Sensitive’. It was later
named Venus Flytrap.
24–25
Mr Amusing
I am one of the most unique plants I am a small herb, though not a
in the plant kingdom. My name is very friendly looking one. I am
Venus flytrap. I live in North and a carnivorous plant, and so I eat
South Carolina in North America. animals. My leafstalks end in a
two-flapped trap. The outside
of the trap is green, the inside is
red to attract the insect, and the
edges of each flap are lined with
fourteen to twenty sharp teeth.
h: up to 12 c m; Trap length: up to 4 cm; Life cycle: perennial
Bio Leaf blade lengt
Blast from the
past
The Venus flytrap was first
described by Governor
Arthur Dobbs of North
Carolina who named it ‘Fly
Trap Sensitive’. It was later
named Venus Flytrap.
24–25
