Beggar'S-Buttons vs Graceful sandmat

Arctium lappa compared with Euphorbia hypericifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Graceful sandmat
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Arctium	Euphorbia
Species	Arctium lappa	Euphorbia hypericifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

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

View Class: Magnoliopsida

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Graceful sandmat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Graceful sandmat
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).

Graceful sandmat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Chile, 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.