Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Trailing St. Johnswort

Alkanna maleolens compared with Hypericum humifusum

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Trailing St. Johnswort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Trailing St. Johnswort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Hypericaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Hypericum
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Hypericum humifusum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bad-smelling Alkanet and Trailing St. Johnswort share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Trailing St. Johnswort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Trailing St. Johnswort
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.

Trailing St. Johnswort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.