Beggar'S-Buttons vs Desert Darter

Arctium lappa compared with Sympetrum sinaiticum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Desert Darter
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Libellulidae
Genus	Arctium	Sympetrum
Species	Arctium lappa	Sympetrum sinaiticum

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Desert Darter

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Desert Darter
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).

Desert Darter

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.