Beggar'S-Buttons vs Flat Wrack

Arctium lappa compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Fucaceae
Genus	Arctium	Fucus
Species	Arctium lappa	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Flat Wrack
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).

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

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.