Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Pitch canker

Alkanna maleolens compared with Fusarium circinatum

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Pitch canker is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Pitch canker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Nectriaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Fusarium
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Fusarium circinatum

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Pitch canker

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Pitch canker
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.

Pitch canker

Habitat

Native to Africa and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, South Africa, 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.