Arctic daisy vs Ferny Azolla

Arctanthemum arcticum compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arctic daisy	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Arctanthemum	Azolla
Species	Arctanthemum arcticum	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

Arctic daisy and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

View Kingdom: Plantae

Conservation Status

Arctic daisy

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arctic daisy	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arctic daisy

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Arctic daisy

The Arctic daisy (Arctanthemum arcticum) is a species in the genus Arctanthemum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.