Dionaea muscipula
E38057
Dionaea muscipula, commonly known as the Venus flytrap, is a small carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands of the United States that captures and digests insects with its specialized jaw-like leaf traps.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dionaea muscipula canonical | 3 |
| Venus flytrap | 3 |
| Dionaea | 2 |
| Venus flytraps | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivorous plant
ⓘ
flowering plant ⓘ perennial plant ⓘ |
| closingStimulus | multiple stimulations of trigger hairs ⓘ |
| closingTime | fraction of a second ⓘ |
| commonName |
Dionaea muscipula
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Venus flytrap
|
| conservationStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs |
houseplant
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ |
| digestionMethod | enzymatic digestion ⓘ |
| digestiveEnzymes |
phosphatases
ⓘ
proteases ⓘ |
| distributionStatus | endemic to the Carolinas coastal plain ⓘ |
| family | Droseraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| flowerPosition | elevated on tall stalks ⓘ |
| genus |
Dionaea muscipula
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dionaea
|
| growthForm | small rosette ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafMorphology | bilobed trap with marginal cilia ⓘ |
| leafType | modified leaves forming traps ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | full sun ⓘ |
| nativeHabitat |
bogs
ⓘ
subtropical wetlands ⓘ wet savannas ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North Carolina
ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| nutrientAcquisition | carnivory ⓘ |
| nutrientUptake |
nitrogen from prey
ⓘ
phosphorus from prey ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollinationStrategy | separation of flowers from traps ⓘ |
| preyType |
arachnids
ⓘ
insects ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction by seeds
ⓘ
vegetative propagation by rhizomes ⓘ |
| sensoryStructure | trigger hairs ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
nutrient-poor acidic soils
ⓘ
peaty soils ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
poaching ⓘ |
| trapMechanism |
active movement
ⓘ
rapid leaf closure ⓘ |
| trapType | snap trap ⓘ |
| waterRequirement | consistently moist substrate ⓘ |
| waterSourcePreference |
distilled water
ⓘ
rainwater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dionaea muscipula Description of subject: Dionaea muscipula, commonly known as the Venus flytrap, is a small carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands of the United States that captures and digests insects with its specialized jaw-like leaf traps.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Venus flytraps
this entity surface form:
Venus flytrap
this entity surface form:
Dionaea
this entity surface form:
Dionaea
this entity surface form:
Venus flytrap
this entity surface form:
Venus flytrap