The Scarlet Bristle is distinct in its attributes as the leaf blades and traps exhibit scarlet to burgundy coloration in filtered sunlight and are held prone to the surface of the growing medium in all seasons of growth. The marginal trap cilia are greatly reduced, irregular and devoid of fine hairlike tips which imparts a rough bristly appearance to the trap lobe margins. This is clearly different in structure from the Red Piranha as the triangular shaped marginal cilia are commonly uniform and evenly spaced on the Red Piranha. Another interesting characteristic of the Scarlet Bristle is that mature trap trichomes (trigger hairs) continue to develop a thick bristly growth on their upper portion as the traps age. Although absent in young plants this unique attribute is very apparent in older plants, is readily visible to the naked eye and can resemble anything from a spear-head shape to the bristle end of a bottle brush. This extra growth on the trichomes appears to neither impede nor enhance trap function but does make itself worthy of continued study. Unlike the Bohemian Garnet the Scarlet Bristle grows equal in size to the regular form of Dionaea and does not produce copious numbers of offshoots after the plants have grown out of their TC vigor.