Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Ferny Azolla

Alkanna maleolens compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Azolla
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

Bad-smelling Alkanet and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Ferny Azolla
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.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

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.