Bad-smelling Alkanet vs pale echinacea

Alkanna maleolens compared with Echinacea pallida

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while pale echinacea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	pale echinacea
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Boraginaceae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Alkanna	Echinacea
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Echinacea pallida

Evolutionary Relationship

Bad-smelling Alkanet and pale echinacea share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

pale echinacea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	pale echinacea
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.

pale echinacea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, 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.