| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Swertia speciosa D.Don |
| Bibliography | London Edinburgh Philos. Mag. & J. Sci., ser. 3, 8: 77 (1836) |
| Native Range | Nepal to ne. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2500-5600m |
| Description | leaves opposite, spathulate-oblong, obtuse, vaginate, petiolate, flowers numerous in racemose panicle, calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, corolla pentamerous, lobes oblong |
| Size | 30-60cm |
| Color | yellowish |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Swertia rex C.B.Clarke |
| Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |