Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Northern Firefly

Alkanna maleolens compared with Pyractomena borealis

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Northern Firefly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Northern Firefly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Boraginaceae	Lampyridae
Genus	Alkanna	Pyractomena
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Pyractomena borealis

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Northern Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Northern Firefly
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.

Northern Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.