Big-flowered Fritillary vs Blistering Ammania

Fritillaria grandiflora compared with Ammannia baccifera

Key Differences

• Big-flowered Fritillary is Critically Endangered while Blistering Ammania is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-flowered Fritillary	Blistering Ammania
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Liliales (Liliales)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Liliaceae	Lythraceae
Genus	Fritillaria	Ammannia
Species	Fritillaria grandiflora	Ammannia baccifera

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-flowered Fritillary and Blistering Ammania share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Big-flowered Fritillary

CR — Critically Endangered

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-flowered Fritillary	Blistering Ammania
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-flowered Fritillary

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Big-flowered Fritillary

The Big-flowered Fritillary (Fritillaria grandiflora) is a species in the genus Fritillaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian