Blessed thistle vs Dromedary Camel

Centaurea benedicta compared with Camelus dromedarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blessed thistle	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Centaurea	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Centaurea benedicta	Camelus dromedarius

Conservation Status

Blessed thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blessed thistle	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blessed thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).

Dromedary Camel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Sudan.

Blessed thistle

The Blessed thistle (Centaurea benedicta) is a species in the genus Centaurea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.