| Name | Sphagnum medium var. obscurum Warnstorf |
| Authorship | Warnstorf |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Sphagnum medium Limpricht |
| Citation | 1888 Samml. Eur. Torfm. 1: n. 23, 24 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum medium var. obscurum Warnstorf |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |