Blue Globe Thistle vs Fiveangled dodder

Echinops bannaticus compared with Cuscuta pentagona

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Globe Thistle	Fiveangled dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Afrosoricida (Афросорициды)	Solanales (паслёноцветные)
Family	Tenrecidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Echinops	Cuscuta
Species	Echinops bannaticus	Cuscuta pentagona

Conservation Status

Blue Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Fiveangled dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Globe Thistle	Fiveangled dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).

Fiveangled dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (Norway, Poland, Romania), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Blue Globe Thistle

The Blue Globe Thistle (Echinops bannaticus) is a species in the genus Echinops. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇺🇸 United States