Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Early Blight

Alkanna maleolens compared with Alternaria solani

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Early Blight is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Early Blight
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Pleosporales (Pleosporales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Pleosporaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Alternaria
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Alternaria solani

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Early Blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Early Blight
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.

Early Blight

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, 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.