• Family : GENTIANACEAE
  (Gentian Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : GENTIANACEAE
• Basionym : Swertia pulchella Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
• Synonym(s) : Swertia pulchella Buch.-Ham. ex Clarke in FBI 1883.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Swertia angustifolia var. pulchella (D. Don) Burkill
• Vernacular name : Chiratha (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands, hill tops
• Flower, Fruit : October-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, China, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Swertia angustifolia var. pulchella. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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