Beggar'S-Buttons vs Black Crystalwort

Arctium lappa compared with Riccia nigrella

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Black Crystalwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Black Crystalwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Ricciaceae
Genus	Arctium	Riccia
Species	Arctium lappa	Riccia nigrella

Evolutionary Relationship

Beggar'S-Buttons and Black Crystalwort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Black Crystalwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Black Crystalwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Black Crystalwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and Oceania, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Chile, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and Portugal.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Black Crystalwort

The Black Crystalwort (Riccia nigrella) is a species in the genus Riccia. Native to Asia and Europe and Oceania, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. Distributed across Chile, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and Portugal.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway