Annual Sunflower vs Autumn Snowflake

Helianthus annuus compared with Acis autumnalis

Key Differences

Annual Sunflower is Not Evaluated while Autumn Snowflake is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Annual Sunflower	Autumn Snowflake
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Helianthus (Sunflowers)	Acis
Species	Helianthus annuus	Acis autumnalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Annual Sunflower and Autumn Snowflake share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

View Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Conservation Status

Annual Sunflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Autumn Snowflake

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Annual Sunflower	Autumn Snowflake
Diet	Autotroph	—
Average Lifespan	1 years	—
Average Length	3.0 m	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Sunflower

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (4 countries).

Autumn Snowflake

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Norway.

Annual Sunflower

One of the world's most cultivated flowering plants and an economically critical oilseed crop, sunflowers are native to North America and can reach 3 meters in height with flower heads up to 30 cm across. Their distinctive behavior of tracking the sun — solar heliotropism in young plants — gave them their name. A single sunflower head consists of up to 2,000 tiny individual florets. Global production exceeds 50 million tonnes annually, valued for oil, seeds, and birdfeed.

Autumn Snowflake

The Autumn Snowflake (Acis autumnalis) is a species in the genus Acis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.