Abstract The chemical composition of the essential oil from the aerial parts of Dracocephalum speciosum Benth. growing wild in Alpine Himalayas was investigated by GC, GC/MS, 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The oil was totally new and different from the oils of other Dracocephalum species. The major constituents were identified as cis- and trans- pinocarvyl acetate (5.7% and 60.5%, respectively).