Baby’s Tears vs Globe Thistle

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Echinops ritro

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Globe Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Linderniaceae	Tenrecidae
Genus	Lindernia	Echinops
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Echinops ritro

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Globe Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baby’s Tears

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Mauritius, Mexico, and Taiwan.

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Russia, and United States.

Baby’s Tears

The Baby’s Tears (Lindernia rotundifolia) is a species in the genus Lindernia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.