Bad-smelling Alkanet vs medium flowered winter-cress

Alkanna maleolens compared with Barbarea intermedia

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while medium flowered winter-cress is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	medium flowered winter-cress
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Barbarea
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Barbarea intermedia

Evolutionary Relationship

Bad-smelling Alkanet and medium flowered winter-cress share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

medium flowered winter-cress

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	medium flowered winter-cress
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.

medium flowered winter-cress

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (14 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.