Beggar'S-Buttons vs Dwarf Water Clover

Arctium lappa compared with Marsilea minuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Dwarf Water Clover
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)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Arctium	Marsilea
Species	Arctium lappa	Marsilea minuta

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Dwarf Water Clover
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).

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇩🇿 Algeria 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States