Bloodwort vs Salento Iris

Achillea millefolium compared with Iris revoluta

Key Differences

• Bloodwort is Least Concern while Salento Iris is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bloodwort	Salento Iris
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Achillea	Iris
Species	Achillea millefolium	Iris revoluta

Conservation Status

Bloodwort

LC — Least Concern

Salento Iris

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bloodwort	Salento Iris
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).

Salento Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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