| Name | Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson |
| Authorship | S. Watson |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Mertensia |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:118565-1 |
| Citation | 1871 Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 239 |
| Holdings | 38 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson |
| Identification made in | [no date] (18), 1935 (16), 1936 (3), 2014 (1) |