Boatlily vs Globe Thistle

Tradescantia spathacea compared with Echinops exaltatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boatlily	Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Commelinaceae	Tenrecidae
Genus	Tradescantia	Echinops
Species	Tradescantia spathacea	Echinops exaltatus

Conservation Status

Boatlily

NE — Not Evaluated

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boatlily	Globe Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boatlily

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Boatlily

The Boatlily (Tradescantia spathacea) is a species in the genus Tradescantia. Native to Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States