| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Swertia splendens Harry Sm. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 4: 250 (1970) |
| Native Range | se. Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 3900-4000m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, spathulate to obovate, 8-12cm, irregularly erose, stem leaves verticillate, flowers tetramerous in many flowered conical thyrsus, corolla campanulate, 3-4cm |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | brick red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |