Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Oriental Scarlet

Alkanna maleolens compared with Crocothemis servilia

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Oriental Scarlet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Oriental Scarlet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Boraginaceae	Libellulidae
Genus	Alkanna	Crocothemis
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Crocothemis servilia

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Oriental Scarlet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Oriental Scarlet
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.

Oriental Scarlet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Poland, United Kingdom, 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.