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Droseraceae

Venus flytrap

Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis

Family
Droseraceae
Genus
Dionaea

Pets and kids

  • CatsSafe
  • DogsSafe
  • KidsSafe
Why

Cats: Safe

Sources below say it is non-toxic to cats. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.

Dogs: Safe

Sources below say it is non-toxic to dogs. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.

Kids: Safe

Sources below say it is non-toxic to young children. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
FlowerPhoto: Old Goat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (67)
Afrikaans
Venusvlieëvanger
Arabic
خناق الذباب, مصيدة فينوس
Armenian
Վեներայի ճանճակալ
arz
خناق الذباب
Asturian
Venus atrapamosques
azb
میلچک قاپان
Azerbaijani
Milçəkqapan
ban
Jebak lalat Venus
Bangla
ভেনাস ফ্লাইট্র্যাপ, ভেনাস ফাইট্র্যাপ
Basque
Venus eulijale, Dionea, Eulijale, Venus landarea
Bulgarian
Венерина мухоловка, Дионея
Burmese
နတ်သမီးထောင်ချောက်ပင်
Cantonese
捕蠅草
Cebuano
Dionaea
Cherokee
ᏳᏈᎳ
Chinese
捕蝇草, 捕蠅草, 捕蟲草屬, 捕蠅草屬, 捕蠅葉, 蒼蠅的地獄
Croatian
Venerina muholovka
Czech
Mucholapka podivná, Dionea muscipula, Mucholapka
Danish
Fluefanger, Venus fluefanger, Venus-Fluefanger, Venusfluefanger
Dutch
Venusvliegenvanger, Venus vliegenvanger, Venus' vliegenval, Venus' vliegenvanger, Venusvliegenval
English
Venus flytrap
Esperanto
Muŝkaptulo, Muŝkaptilo de Venuso
Estonian
Kärbsepüünis
Finnish
Kärpäsloukku
French
Dionée attrape-mouche, Dionee attrape-mouche, Dionée attrape-mouches, Gobe-mouche de Vénus, Venus flytrap
Georgian
Ვენერას ბუზიჭერია
German
Venusfliegenfalle, Dionea muscipula, Venus-Fliegenfalle
Greek
Διωναία, Venus Flytrap, Διωναία η μυγοπαγίδα
gsw
Venusfliegenfalle
Hebrew
דיונאה, דיוניאה, הדיוניאה, מלכודת ונוס
hsb
Muchowy rybork
Hungarian
Vénusz légycsapója
Icelandic
Venusargildra, Flugugrípur
Indonesian
Perangkap lalat Venus
Irish
Cuilghaiste Véineas
Italian
Dionea, Venus acchiappamosche
Japanese
ハエトリグサ, ハエジゴク, ハエトリソウ
Kazakh
Шыбыншы Венерина
Korean
파리지옥, 파리지옥속
Latvian
Veneras mušķērājs
Lithuanian
Jautrusis musėkautas, Musėkautas
Macedonian
Венерина муволовка
Malay
Perangkap lalat Venus, Penangkap lalat Venus
Malayalam
ഡയോണിയ, വീനസ് ഫ്ളൈട്രാപ്പ്
Marathi
व्हीनस फ्लायट्रॅप
nan
Lia̍h-sîn-chháu
Norwegian Bokmål
Venusfluefanger, Venus fluefanger, Venusfluesnapper
Persian
ونوس مگسخوار, مگسگیر ونوس, ونوس مگس خوار, ونوس گوشتخوار
Polish
Muchołówka, Muchołówka amerykańska
Portuguese
Dioneia, Dionéia, Vênus papa-moscas
Romanian
Venus Flytrap
Russian
Венерина мухоловка, Дионея
Serbian
Венерина мухоловка
Serbian (Latin)
Venerina muholovka
Slovak
Mucholapka, Mucholapka obyčajná, Mucholapka podivná
Slovenian
Muholovka
Spanish
Dionea atrapamoscas, Dionea muscipula, Venus Atrapamoscas
Swedish
Venus flugfälla, Venusflugfälla
Tamil
வில் பொறி
Telugu
డయోనియా, డయోనియా మస్సిపులా, వీనస్ ఫ్లయ్ ట్రాప్
Thai
กาบหอยแครง
Turkish
Sinekkapan bitkisi, Venüs fly trap, Venüs sinek kapanı, Venüs sinekkapanı
Ukrainian
Венерина мухоловка
Urdu
وینس فلائی ٹریپ
Vietnamese
Cây bẫy kẹp, Cây bẫy mồi, Cây bẫy ruồi, Cây bắt mồi, Cây bắt ruồi
war
Dionaea
wuu
捕蝇草

Synonyms

  • Dionaea corymbosa Raf.
  • Dionaea sensitiva Salisb.
  • Dionaea sessiliflora Raf.
  • Dionaea uniflora Raf.
  • Drosera sessiliflora Raf.
  • Drosera uniflora Raf.

Flowers

In flower
May to June (from 289 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.