Gentianella germanica | |
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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. |
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. Within the UK, it is only native to the Chiltern Hills of southern England , although its distribution on the Continent is much wider, ranging from France to the Balkans .