Common brassbuttons vs Montane Myotis

Cotula coronopifolia compared with Myotis oxyotus

Key Differences

Common brassbuttons is Not Evaluated while Montane Myotis is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common brassbuttons	Montane Myotis
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Asterales (астроцветные)	Chiroptera (рукокрылые)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cotula	Myotis
Species	Cotula coronopifolia	Myotis oxyotus

Conservation Status

Common brassbuttons

NE — Not Evaluated

Montane Myotis

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common brassbuttons	Montane Myotis
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common brassbuttons

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (6 countries).

Montane Myotis

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Common brassbuttons

Common brassbuttons (<em>Cotula coronopifolia</em>) is a small annual or perennial herb with a remarkably broad global distribution, occurring across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. This species typically inhabits diverse terrestrial environments, often colonizing wet or damp areas such as salt marshes, mudflats, stream margins, and disturbed roadsides. The common brassbuttons has not been formally evaluated on the IUCN Red List. A member of the family Asteraceae, it produces distinctive button-like yellow flowerheads that give the species its common name. Originally native to southern Africa, the species has spread widely and is considered naturalized or invasive in many regions outside its native range. It often thrives in seasonally flooded habitats and tolerates saline soils, demonstrating considerable ecological flexibility. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.