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fossil Late Devonian Epoch Progymnospermophyta Protopteridales Eospermatopteris Archaefructus Cycadeoidea Lepidodendron Rhynie plant Cycadeoidophyta Cordaites seed fern Sigillaria Baragwanathia

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous