Globe Thistle vs 'Ihi

Echinops exaltatus compared with Oxalis corniculata

Key Differences

• Globe Thistle is Not Evaluated while 'Ihi is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Globe Thistle	'Ihi
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Tenrecidae	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Echinops	Oxalis
Species	Echinops exaltatus	Oxalis corniculata

Conservation Status

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Globe Thistle	'Ihi
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

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

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 14 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States