Unique and unmistakable, the Venus Flytrap is one of the most bizarre and distinctive plants in the world. Native only to a very small range centered on Wilmington, NC (from Beaufort Co., North Carolina to Charleston Co., South Carolina), this local and uncommon species is declining in the wild, more because of habitat destruction than poaching. Federally protected, Venus Flytrap is fortunately easy to propogate by tissue culture, so there is no longer a reason to dig them up from the wild. Wild plant, Pender Co., NC 4/23/06.