Bishop's goutweed vs Melancholy Thistle

Aegopodium podagraria compared with Cirsium heterophyllum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's goutweed	Melancholy Thistle
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Apiales (Apiales)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Apiaceae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aegopodium	Cirsium
Species	Aegopodium podagraria	Cirsium heterophyllum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bishop's goutweed and Melancholy Thistle share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bishop's goutweed

LC — Least Concern

Melancholy Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's goutweed	Melancholy Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's goutweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Melancholy Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Bishop's goutweed

The Bishop's goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria) is a species in the genus Aegopodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇮 Finland 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden