Celastrales: Quick Facts

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American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)

winter creeper euonymus

grass of Parnassus

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Dichapetalaceae Lepidobotryaceae Parnassiaceae Celastraceae Aquifoliaceae Celastrus Euonymus grass of Parnassus American bittersweet Oriental bittersweet Rosales Malpighiales Fagales Myrtales Fabales Cucurbitales Zygophyllales Oxalidales Geraniales Sapindales

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