What color are the flowers of the Venus flytrap?

The flowers of the Venus flytrap are white.

The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is famous for its hinged leaf traps, but its flowers are comparatively delicate. A flowering plant sends up a long stalk about 15 centimeters high, placing the blooms well above the insect-catching leaves. This separation helps reduce the chance that visiting pollinators will become prey.

The first detailed European description, written by North Carolina governor Arthur Dobbs in 1760, specifically noted that the plant “bears a white flower.” English botanist John Ellis later introduced the name Venus's flytrap and the scientific name Dionaea muscipula in 1768. “Dionaea” refers to Dione, an epithet of Aphrodite, while “muscipula” can mean either “mousetrap” or “flytrap” in Latin.

The colorful red often seen on a flytrap belongs to the inside of its leaf lobes, not normally to its flowers. The flowers are pollinated by flying insects such as sweat bees, longhorn beetles and checkered beetles. After flowering, the plant produces small, shiny black seeds.