| Name | Melampodium sericeum var. brevipes A. Gray |
| Authorship | A. Gray |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Melampodium sericeum Lagasca |
| Citation | 1887 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 423 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Melampodium sericeum var. brevipes A. Gray |
| Identification made in | 1968 (1), 1983 (1) |