Droseraceae

Droseraceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is also known under its common name, the sundew family.

Droseraceae Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous – Recent
Venus flytrap
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Droseraceae Salisb.
Genera
Aldrovanda Dionaea Drosera

It consists of carnivorous plants: besides the sundews, the genus Drosera, it also contains the even more famous Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). The sundews produce sticky substances on their leaves that traps prey, and the Venus fly trap has leaves that form traps that close when disturbed.