• Family : GENTIANACEAE
  (Gentian Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : GENTIANACEAE
• Basionym : Ophelia minor Griseb.
• Synonym(s) : Pleurogyne minor (Griseb.) Benth.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Wet areas in grasslands
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, The Nilgiri district
• Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
• 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 minor. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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