Beggar'S-Buttons vs Superb Cyanea

Arctium lappa compared with Cyanea superba

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Superb Cyanea is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Superb Cyanea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Cyaneidae
Genus	Arctium	Cyanea
Species	Arctium lappa	Cyanea superba

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Superb Cyanea

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Superb Cyanea
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).

Superb Cyanea

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.