Globe Thistle vs Yellow Dodder

Echinops ritro compared with Cuscuta campestris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Globe Thistle	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Tenrecidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Echinops	Cuscuta
Species	Echinops ritro	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Globe Thistle	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Russia, and United States.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇷🇺 Russia