Few-flowered Fumitory vs Hare's-tail

Fumaria vaillantii compared with Lagurus ovatus

Key Differences

• Few-flowered Fumitory is Critically Endangered while Hare's-tail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Few-flowered Fumitory	Hare's-tail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Papaveraceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Fumaria	Lagurus
Species	Fumaria vaillantii	Lagurus ovatus

Conservation Status

Few-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Hare's-tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Few-flowered Fumitory	Hare's-tail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Few-flowered Fumitory

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Hare's-tail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 12 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇷 France 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States