Gentianella germanica

Gentianella germanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentianella
Species: G. germanica
Binomial name
Gentianella germanica
(Willd.) E.F.Warb. [1]

Gentianella germanica, known in the United Kingdom as the Chiltern gentian, is a flowering plant in the Gentianaceae (gentian family). It was chosen as the county flower of Buckinghamshire.[2] Within the UK, it is only native to the Chiltern Hills of southern England ,[3] although its distribution on the Continent is much wider, ranging from France to the Balkans .[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Flora Europaea". Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
  2. Plantlife website County Flowers page
  3. C. D. Preston, D. A. Pearman & T. D. Dines (eds.). New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-851067-5.
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