Bad-smelling Alkanet vs hooked-pepperwort

Alkanna maleolens compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Marsilea
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Marsilea vestita

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	hooked-pepperwort
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.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.