Globe Thistle vs Water yam

Echinops exaltatus compared with Dioscorea alata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Globe Thistle	Water yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Tenrecidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Echinops	Dioscorea
Species	Echinops exaltatus	Dioscorea alata

Conservation Status

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Water yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Globe Thistle	Water yam
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).

Water yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (6 countries).