Venus flytrap  (Dionaea muscipula)

Facts

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Anthophyta
Class Dicotyledoneae
Order Nepenthales
Family Droseraceae
Genus Dionaea (1)
Size Leaf blade length: up to 12 cm (2)
Trap length: up to 4 cm (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List 2006 (3), and listed on Appendix II of CITES (4).