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Chiltern gentian

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 .


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