Beggar'S-Buttons vs flag cone

Arctium lappa compared with Conus vexillum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	flag cone
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Conidae
Genus	Arctium	Conus
Species	Arctium lappa	Conus vexillum

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

flag cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	flag cone
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).

flag cone

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), and Europe (Norway).

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.