Althea vs Blistering Ammania

Hibiscus syriacus compared with Ammannia baccifera

Key Differences

• Althea is Not Evaluated while Blistering Ammania is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Althea	Blistering Ammania
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Malvaceae	Lythraceae
Genus	Hibiscus	Ammannia
Species	Hibiscus syriacus	Ammannia baccifera

Evolutionary Relationship

Althea and Blistering Ammania share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Althea

NE — Not Evaluated

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Althea	Blistering Ammania
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Althea

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (7 countries), Europe (18 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Althea

The Althea (Hibiscus syriacus) is a species in the genus Hibiscus. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇹 Italy 🇯🇵 Japan 🇹🇼 Taiwan