- Gentianella germanica
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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
- ^ a b "Flora Europaea". Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?GENUS_XREF=Gentianella&SPECIES_XREF=germanica.
- ^ Plantlife website County Flowers page
- ^ 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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