Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Big Ears

Alkanna maleolens compared with Otidea apophysata

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Big Ears is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Big Ears
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Otideaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Otidea
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Otidea apophysata

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Big Ears

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Big Ears
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Big Ears

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Norway.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Big Ears

The Big Ears (Otidea apophysata) is a species in the genus Otidea. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.