Beggar'S-Buttons vs Pitch canker

Arctium lappa compared with Fusarium circinatum

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Pitch canker is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Pitch canker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Nectriaceae
Genus	Arctium	Fusarium
Species	Arctium lappa	Fusarium circinatum

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Pitch canker

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Pitch canker
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).

Pitch canker

Habitat

Native to Africa and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, South Africa, and United States.

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 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇺🇸 United States