Common Fumitory vs Lobo gris

Fumaria officinalis compared with Canis lupus

Key Differences

• Common Fumitory is Least Concern while Lobo gris is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Fumitory	Lobo gris
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Papaveraceae	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus	Fumaria	Canis (Dogs & Wolves)
Species	Fumaria officinalis	Canis lupus

Conservation Status

Common Fumitory

LC — Least Concern

Lobo gris

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~300.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Fumitory	Lobo gris
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	13 years
Average Length	—	1.6 m
Average Weight	—	45.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Fumitory

Habitat

Inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (4 countries).

Lobo gris

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 13 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Vanuatu), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Common Fumitory

<em>Fumaria officinalis</em>, commonly known as common fumitory, is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Papaveraceae. It has a very wide global distribution spanning Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America, reflecting its success as a weedy colonizer of disturbed habitats. The species typically grows in cultivated fields, roadsides, gardens, and waste ground, tolerating a broad range of soil types and conditions. <em>Fumaria officinalis</em> produces small pinkish-purple tubular flowers and finely divided, glaucous foliage that gives the plant a delicate, smoke-like appearance — a characteristic reflected in its common name. It is assessed as Least Concern, consistent with its extensive cosmopolitan distribution and abundance in human-modified landscapes. The plant has a long history of use in traditional herbal medicine across parts of its native range. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature. Despite its weedy character, <em>Fumaria officinalis</em> provides food resources for certain specialist insects and contributes to ground flora diversity in agricultural and disturbed environments.

Lobo gris

El lobo gris (Canis lupus), el cánido silvestre más ampliamente distribuido, se extiende desde América del Norte a través de Eurasia en hábitats diversos que incluyen la tundra, bosques y praderas. Son animales altamente sociales que viven en manadas familiares lideradas por una pareja reproductora dominante. Como depredadores clave, los lobos regulan las poblaciones de presas y moldean profundamente la estructura del ecosistema, como demostró su reintroducción en Yellowstone. Antes muy perseguidos, las poblaciones se están recuperando en muchas regiones.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 10 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇯🇵 Japan 🇳🇴 Norway 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States