Divaricatus
/dy-var-ih-KAH-tus/🏷️ Taxonomy●●● Advanced
Also known as: divaricata, divaricatum
A habit epithet describing a plant whose branches spread outward at wide, often right angles to the main stem, creating an open, widely spreading or stiffly branched habit. Plants with this epithet typically have an open, airy structure. Appears as divaricatus (masculine), divaricata (feminine), or divaricatum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin divaricatus, past participle of divaricare, meaning "to spread apart," from di- (apart) + varicare (to straddle).
Example
“Deutzia gracilis 'Divaricata' and Cornus divaricata both have the characteristic widely-angled, spreading branch structure that gives divaricate plants their open, almost architectural quality.”