| Melosperma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Melosperma Benth. (1846) |
| Species: | M. andicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Melosperma andicola Benth. (1846) | |
| Varieties | |
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Melosperma andicola is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Melosperma.
It is a subshrub native to southern South America, ranging along the Andes of western Argentina and central Chile.
Two varieties are accepted.
- Melosperma andicola var. andicola (synonyms Herpestis andicola Gillies ex Benth. and Melosperma glabra Phil.) – western Argentina and central Chile
- Melosperma andicola var. angustifolia (Phil.) Rossow (synonym Melosperma angustifolia Phil.) – western Argentina and central Chile