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Gentianella germanica
Gentianella germanica, commonly known as German gentian, is a species of dwarf gentian from Europe. It grows primarily in grasslands with calcareous soils in primarily in Central Europe, northern France, and the Low Countries, but with a small population in the United Kingdom. In the UK it is also known as the Chiltern gentian and it grows in the Chiltern Hills of southern England. It is a small, usually biennial plant with large five petaled red-violet flowers.
15 branches of this group, most-observed first
dolomite gentian
speciesGentianella anisodonta
Chiltern gentian
speciesGentianella germanica
Gentianella aspera
speciesGentianella aspera
Gentianella austriaca
speciesGentianella austriaca
Gentianella ramosa
speciesGentianella ramosa
Gentianella rhaetica
speciesGentianella rhaetica
Gentianella bulgarica
speciesGentianella bulgarica
Gentianella obtusifolia
speciesGentianella obtusifolia
Gentianella engadinensis
speciesGentianella engadinensis
Gentianella pilosa
speciesGentianella pilosa
Gentianella lutescens
speciesGentianella lutescens
Gentianella styriaca
speciesGentianella styriaca
Gentianella insubrica
speciesGentianella insubrica
Gentianella liburnica
speciesGentianella liburnica
Gentianella albanica
speciesGentianella albanica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1290938.