Beggar'S-Buttons vs Yellow Toadflax Smut

Arctium lappa compared with Melanotaenium cingens

Key Differences

Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Yellow Toadflax Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Yellow Toadflax Smut
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Ustilaginales (Ustilaginales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Melanotaeniaceae
Genus	Arctium	Melanotaenium
Species	Arctium lappa	Melanotaenium cingens

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Toadflax Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Yellow Toadflax Smut
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).

Yellow Toadflax Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

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.