Native to North Carolina, South Carolina; introduced into Alabama, California, Florida, Jamaica, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
United States, Idaho, Ada (Private garden on Warm Springs Ave.)
Location Remarks
Boise
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Idaho, Ada (Private garden on Warm Springs Ave.)
Location Remarks
Boise
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Droseraceae
Genus
Dionaea
Specific Epithet
muscipula
Authorship
Ellis
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 58.7
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
5.3
Global rank
#3,015 of 335,497
Top 0.9%
Extinction probability
9%