| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Swertia graciliflora Gontsch. |
| Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 161 (1933) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2500-4500m |
| Description | basal leaves 3-4-pairs, petiolate, oblanceolate, 25-60mm long, stem leaves sessile, bract-like, inflorescence narrow, interrupted, flowers pentamerous, lobes oblong, 8-11mm long |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | blue, bluish purple |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |