Beggar'S-Buttons vs Floating Heart

Arctium lappa compared with Nymphoides peltata

Key Differences

Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Floating Heart is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Floating Heart
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Arctium	Nymphoides
Species	Arctium lappa	Nymphoides peltata

Evolutionary Relationship

Beggar'S-Buttons and Floating Heart share a common ancestor at the Order level: Asterales. (Daisies & Sunflowers)

View Order: Asterales

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Floating Heart

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Floating Heart
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).

Floating Heart

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.