Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Thyme Plume

Alkanna maleolens compared with Merrifieldia leucodactyla

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Thyme Plume is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Thyme Plume
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Pterophoridae
Genus	Alkanna	Merrifieldia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Merrifieldia leucodactyla

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Thyme Plume

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Thyme Plume
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.

Thyme Plume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Morocco), Asia (7 countries), and Europe (35 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.