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Also Known As	gladioluses • gladiola • Gladiolus • gladioli

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Field of blooming gladiolus flowers in various colors, including yellow, peach, purple, red, and white, with tall green leaves and stems.

Several Gladiolus murielae corms with attached roots and green stems are laid out on grass, showing their bulb-like bases and fibrous roots.

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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