Beggar'S-Buttons vs Garden tomato

Arctium lappa compared with Solanum lycopersicum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Garden tomato
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Solanaceae
Genus	Arctium	Solanum
Species	Arctium lappa	Solanum lycopersicum

Evolutionary Relationship

Beggar'S-Buttons and Garden tomato share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Garden tomato

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Garden tomato
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).

Garden tomato

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Japan, Turkey, Yemen), Europe (15 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 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 10 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States