Venus flytrap

The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant whose hinged leaves snap shut when sensory hairs are stimulated, trapping small animals for digestion.

Trigger hair: A sensory hair on a Venus flytrap’s inner leaf surface that helps detect prey contact. Touching these hairs generates the signals that can initiate closure.
Dionaea muscipula: The botanical species known commonly as the Venus flytrap, native to a small region of the southeastern United States. The familiar trap is a specialized leaf of this species.
Horticulture: The art and science of growing plants for food, ornament, or other uses. Venus flytraps are widely grown as cultivated ornamental plants.
North Carolina: A southeastern U.S. state containing much of the Venus flytrap’s native range. The species is native to a limited coastal area centered in this state.
Sundew: A carnivorous plant whose leaves bear sticky glandular tentacles that capture and digest small animals. Unlike the flytrap’s hinged snap, sundews usually capture prey with adhesive leaves.
Action potential: A rapid electrical change that travels across a cell membrane and can carry signals through plant tissue. Electrical impulses relay trigger-hair stimulation across the trap.
Leaf: A plant organ specialized for functions such as light capture, gas exchange, and water regulation. Each trap is a modified leaf, not a separate organ.
Bog garden: A garden designed to support plants adapted to persistently wet, acidic, nutrient-poor conditions. These gardens can reproduce key conditions needed for successful flytrap cultivation.
South Carolina: A southeastern U.S. state containing part of the Venus flytrap’s native range. Wild populations also occur in a small area of this neighboring state.
Pitcher plant: A carnivorous plant with a fluid-filled pitfall trap that captures and digests prey. Pitcher plants trap prey passively rather than closing a moving leaf around it.

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