Baytop's Onion vs Dotted Firefly

Allium baytopiorum compared with Lucidota punctata

Key Differences

• Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered while Dotted Firefly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baytop's Onion	Dotted Firefly
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order	Asparagales (Spargelartige)	Coleoptera (Käfer)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Lampyridae
Genus	Allium	Lucidota
Species	Allium baytopiorum	Lucidota punctata

Conservation Status

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Dotted Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baytop's Onion	Dotted Firefly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

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

Dotted Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Baytop's Onion

The Baytop's Onion (Allium baytopiorum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.