Bloodwort vs Prickly-flower Cyanea

Achillea millefolium compared with Cyanea aculeatiflora

Key Differences

• Bloodwort is Least Concern while Prickly-flower Cyanea is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bloodwort	Prickly-flower Cyanea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Cyaneidae
Genus	Achillea	Cyanea
Species	Achillea millefolium	Cyanea aculeatiflora

Conservation Status

Bloodwort

LC — Least Concern

Prickly-flower Cyanea

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bloodwort	Prickly-flower Cyanea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bloodwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 11 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Prickly-flower Cyanea

Bloodwort

The Bloodwort (Achillea millefolium) is a species in the genus Achillea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 11 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic real