alpine lady's-mantle vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Alchemilla alpina compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine lady's-mantle	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Onagraceae
Genus	Alchemilla	Ludwigia
Species	Alchemilla alpina	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

alpine lady's-mantle and Linear Leaf Water Primrose share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

alpine lady's-mantle

LC — Least Concern

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine lady's-mantle	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine lady's-mantle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

alpine lady's-mantle

The Alpine lady's-mantle (Alchemilla alpina) is a species in the genus Alchemilla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).