Globe Thistle vs alfafa-do-pará

Echinops exaltatus compared with Indigofera hirsuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Globe Thistle	alfafa-do-pará
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Tenrecidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Echinops	Indigofera
Species	Echinops exaltatus	Indigofera hirsuta

Conservation Status

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

alfafa-do-pará

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Globe Thistle	alfafa-do-pará
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).

alfafa-do-pará

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay).