Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Blood Iris

Alkanna maleolens compared with Iris sanguinea

Key Differences

Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Blood Iris is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Blood Iris
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Boraginaceae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Alkanna	Iris
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Iris sanguinea

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Blood Iris

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Blood Iris
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.

Blood Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

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.