Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Mountain Saffron

Alkanna maleolens compared with Solorina crocea

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Mountain Saffron is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Mountain Saffron
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Peltigeraceae
Genus	Alkanna	Solorina
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Solorina crocea

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Mountain Saffron

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Mountain Saffron
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.

Mountain Saffron

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.