| Name | Metalasia divergens var. purpurascens de Candolle |
| Authorship | de Candolle |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Metalasia divergens (Thunberg) D. Don |
| Citation | 1838 Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6: 252 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Metalasia divergens var. purpurascens de Candolle |
| Identification made in | 2008 (1) |