Blistering Ammania vs Rough Stonewort

Ammannia baccifera compared with Chara aspera

Key Differences

Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while Rough Stonewort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	Rough Stonewort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Lythraceae	Characeae
Genus	Ammannia	Chara
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Chara aspera

Evolutionary Relationship

Blistering Ammania and Rough Stonewort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

View Kingdom: Plantae

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Rough Stonewort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	Rough Stonewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Rough Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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