Gentiana nivalis
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Gentiana nivalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Gentianaceae |
Genus: | Gentiana |
Species: | G. nivalis
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Binomial name | |
Gentiana nivalis |
Gentiana nivalis, the snow gentian or Alpine gentian, is a species of the genus Gentiana. It grows to a height of 3–15 centimetres.
It is the county flower of Perthshire in the United Kingdom, and became a protected species in that country in 1975 under the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act.[1]
It is also one of the national flowers of Austria and Switzerland.
The Norwegian municipality Nord-Aurdal has G. nivalis in its coat of arms.
References
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gentiana nivalis.
- Xaver Finkenzeller: Alpenblumen, München 2003, ISBN 3-576-11482-3
- Manfred A. Fischer: Exkursionsflora von Österreich, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8001-3461-6
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