What is the common name for the 'Dionaea muscipula' plant?
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Venus Flytrap
Native to the wetlands of North and South Carolina, this carnivorous plant snaps shut in less than a second when insects touch its sensitive trigger hairs. They eat insects to get nutrients lacking in the soil.
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