rainbow plant

…with a single genus (Byblis) and six species native to Australia and New Guinea. These are herbs with narrowly linear leaves densely covered by glandular hairs that trap and absorb nutrients from insects.

Known as rainbow plants, the family Byblidaceae (order Lamiales) contains a single genus (Byblis) of about seven carnivorous species native to Australia and New Guinea. Those herbs have narrow leaves that are densely covered with glandular hairs that serve as flypaper traps to absorb nutrients from insects.