| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Swertia marginata Schrenk |
| Bibliography | Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 353 (1842) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Afghanistan and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1000-3000m |
| Description | basal leaves 3-4-pairs, petiolate, linear to oblanceolate, 3-8cm long, stem leaves 1-2 pairs, bracteose, flowers in interrupted thyrsus, 8-15cm long, corolla 13-15mm across |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Swertia komarovii Pissjauk. Swertia pseudopetiolata Pissjauk. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |