''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 Perthshire (locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, ...

in the United Kingdom, and became a protected species in that country in 1975 under the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act. It is also one of the national flowers of Austria and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The Norwegian municipality Nord-Aurdal has ''G. nivalis'' in its coat of arms.

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