Beggar'S-Buttons vs Fivefingers

Arctium lappa compared with Syngonium angustatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Fivefingers
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Araceae
Genus	Arctium	Syngonium
Species	Arctium lappa	Syngonium angustatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Beggar'S-Buttons and Fivefingers share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Fivefingers
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).

Fivefingers

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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 2 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇺🇸 United States