Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Hudsonian Emerald

Alkanna maleolens compared with Somatochlora hudsonica

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Hudsonian Emerald is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Hudsonian Emerald
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Boraginaceae	Corduliidae
Genus	Alkanna	Somatochlora
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Somatochlora hudsonica

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Hudsonian Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Hudsonian Emerald
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.

Hudsonian Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.