Biology:Gentiana nivalis

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Short description: Species of plant

Gentiana nivalis
Gentiana nivalis LC0404.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentiana
Species:
G. nivalis
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

  • Xaver Finkenzeller: Alpenblumen, München 2003, ISBN:3-576-11482-3
  • Manfred A. Fischer: Exkursionsflora von Österreich, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN:3-8001-3461-6

Wikidata ☰ Q161661 entry